Table 4b: Comparison of the results of GA and MBB for the tip displacement minimization.

	GA	GA with 4 ply rule	MBB	Original BB	MBB with 4 ply rule
Tip vertical displacement of the point at the middle of the plate [m]	2.70 x 10-9	3.01 x 10-9	2.55 10-9	2.55 10-9	2.93 x 10-9
CPU Running Time [s]	580	581	91	819	92
Number of stacking sequences evaluated	600	601	88	156	89