Conceptual building design - Evolutionary approach

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-158

  Rafiq, M Y ^a   Mathews, J D ^a   Bullock, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Building design; Conceptual design; Object oriented language; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CHROMOSOMES; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GENES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BUILDING DESIGN; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS (KBES); MULTIPOINT SERACH TECHNIQUES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 1642338894     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2003)17:3(150)     Document Type: Article

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