An approach to multicriteria fuzzy optimization of a prestressed concrete bridge system considering cost and aesthetic feeling

Structural Optimization

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-140

  Ohkubo, S ^a   Dissanayake, P B R ^a   Taniwaki, K ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

MULTICRITERIA FUZZY OPTIMIZATION;

CONCRETE BRIDGES;

EID: 0032049102     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01278499     Document Type: Article

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