An immune co‐evolutionary algorithm based approach for problems related to clothing uniform assignment

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study the problem of clothing uniform assignment (CUA) and propose an immune co‐evolutionary algorithm to search optimal assignments of uniform garments to employees.

Design/methodology/approach

Multi‐size fitting measures are proposed based on multi‐attribute decision making. An immune co‐evolutionary algorithm incorporating immune inspired mechanisms is proposed to search optimal assignments.

Findings

The experimental results show promising performance. The model and the algorithm are aiming at a valuable problem and can be incorporated into the information systems for large‐scale industrial companies.

Originality/value

Uniform assignment problem is modeled with garment size fitting constraints. Multi‐size fitting measures are proposed based on multi‐attribute decision making and an immune co‐evolutionary algorithm is proposed to search optimal assignments.

Citation

Hu, Z., Yu, X. and Sheng, Z. (2013), "An immune co‐evolutionary algorithm based approach for problems related to clothing uniform assignment", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 70-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/09556221311292228