Design of Japanese Kimono using Interactive Genetic Algorithm

These days, customer not only selects a yukata from marketed yukata, but she also orders a custom-made yukata. When customer orders a yukata, it is necessary to show her favorite yukata to a designer. But if she has ambiguous image for her favorite yukata, it is hard to show her favorite design. We propose a yukata design system using an Interactive Genetic Algorithm (IGA). The proposed system is for designing a yukata to suit user's taste. From the assessment experiment of the system it was found that the proposed system proved to be effective in the designing of a yukata. In addition, we proposed additional functions that allow obi color mutation partially in search for the solution. And further experiments were carried out for the verification. The results indicated the effectiveness of the additional functions.