Comparative evaluation of different optimization algorithms for structural design applications

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1761-1774

  Patnaik, Surya N ^a   Coroneos, Rula M ^b   Guptill, James D ^b   Hopkins, Dale A ^b  

^a OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Comparative; Design; Evaluation; Optimization; Structural

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPUTER CODE COMETBOARDS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SEQUENTIAL UNCONSTRAINED MINIMIZATIONS TECHNIQUE; SINGULARITY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0030151893     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960530)39:10<1761::AID-NME925>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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