Comparison of search mechanisms for structural optimization

Computers and Structures

Volumn 73, Issue 1-5, 1999, Pages 363-372

  Manoharan, S ^a   Shanmuganathan, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BRANCH AND BOUND; HEURISTIC SEARCHES; SEARCH MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TABU SEARCH;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0033207779     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00287-9     Document Type: Article

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