On the application of natural algorithms to structural design optimization

Engineering Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 302-308

  Jenkins, W M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Natural algorithms; Structural design optimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

COMBINATORIAL SPACE REDUCTION HEURISTIC; MULTISTOREY FRAME; NATURAL ALGORITHMS; PENALTY FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031122614     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(96)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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