... ranking of system components into main, secondary, and remainder; (iv) identification of the predominant cost (exergy destruction or investment) for main and secondary components; (v) selection of ... probability of occurrence of a crossover, P c , and the method of selection, on the other hand, determine the selection pressure of the genetic algorithm. The selection pressure is responsible for guiding ... point obtained at the end of the procedure, X f = ( x 1,f , x 2,f ,…, x n,f ), contains the final values of the decision variables, and is associated with the final value OF f ; of course, OF f is...