Fuzzy and improved penalty approaches for multiobjective mixed-discrete optimization in structural systems

Computers and Structures

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 559-565

  Shih, C J ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MIXED DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION; NONLINEAR MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; PENALTY FUNCTION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0031139588     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00350-1     Document Type: Article

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