Move limits definition in structural optimization with sequential linear programming. Part I: Optimization algorithm

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-213

  Lamberti, Luciano ^a   Pappalettere, Carmine ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Linearization error; Move limits; SLP; Trust region

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

LINEARIZATION ERRORS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0037404888     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(02)00442-X     Document Type: Article

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