A Penalty approach for nonlinear optimization with discrete design variables

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 29-42

  Shin, Dong Ku ^a   GUrdal Z ^a   Griffin, O H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrete variables; penalty methods; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542729047     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052159008941163     Document Type: Article

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