The MINLP optimization approach to structural synthesis part II: Simultaneous topology, parameter and standard dimension optimization by the use of the linked two-phase MINLP strategy

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-328

  Kravanja, S ^a   Kravanja, Z ^a   Bedenik, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Discrete variable optimization; MINLP; MINLP strategy; Mixed Integer Non linear Programming; Optimization; Structural synthesis; The Modified OA ER algorithm; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOPOLOGY;

DISCRETE VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING (MINLP); PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032164735     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980930)43:2<293::AID-NME413>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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