Aluminium foam production control by using a combined fuzzy-genetic algorithm model

Abstract This study deals with the proposal of a combined fuzzy-genetic algorithm model able to describe the inherent uncertainties related to the manufacture of aluminium foams by using the dissolution and sintering process. The combined method allows taking into account both the uncertainty related to the model and the statistical process variability, with the aim of controlling the capability of this material at absorbing compression energy, for different set of process parameters. The use of genetic algorithms allows the optimization of the fuzzy supports in order to take into account most of the experimental data in combination with the smallest uncertainty.