This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.70471022,No.70501021);the Joint Research Scheme of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No,70418013) ;Hong Kong Research Grant Council,China(No.N_HKUST625/04).
The product family design problem solved by evolutionary algorithms is discussed. A successful product family design method should achieve an optimal tradeoff among a set of competing objectives, which involves maximi...