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BBN Science Development Program AI/Education Seminar Series "GENETIC ALGORITHMS AND PALLET LOADING" Pat Prosser Dept. of Computer Science Univ. of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XH U.K. BBN Laboratories Inc. 10 Moulton Street Large Conference Room, 2nd Floor 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 10, 1987 Abstract: Genetic Algorithms (GA) are search techniques based on the paradigm of population genetics. A highly constrained loading problem, the loading of stacks of plates onto pallets, is used as a vehicle for measuring the suitability of a GA approach to solving sequencing problems. In this seminar the following points will be addressed: - A brief description of the generic GA - A description of the pallet loading problem and two approaches taken in solving the problem - The genetic representation used - The two genetic algorithmic solutions implemented GA1 and GA2 - Implementation and Performance issues