Adaptive strategies for large scale optimization problems in mechanical engineering

Recent Advances in Applied and Theoretical Mathematics

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 156-161

  Zillober, Christian ^a   Vogel, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Inutech GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convex approximations; Interior point method; Mechanical engineering; Method of moving asymptotes; Sequential convex programming; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

CONVEX APPROXIMATION; INTERIOR POINT METHOD; METHOD OF MOVING ASYMPTOTES; SEQUENTIAL CONVEX PROGRAMMING; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 1542291539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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