Evolving structural design solutions using an implicit redundant Genetic Algorithm

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 222-231

  Raich, A M ^a   Ghaboussi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Geometry optimization; Redundancy; Topology optimization; Variable parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001642629     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001580050150     Document Type: Article

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