Optimization of trusses using genetic algorithms for discrete and continuous variables

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 272-301

  Ghasemi, M R ^a   Hinton, E ^a   Wood, R D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; PROBABILITY; TOPOLOGY; TRUSSES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; DISCRETE VARIABLES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0032671243     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644409910266403     Document Type: Article

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