Multi-database exploration of large design spaces in the framework of cascade evolutionary structural sizing optimization

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 30-33 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 3315-3330

  Charmpis, Dimos C ^a   Lagaros, Nikolaos D ^a   Papadrakakis, Manolis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cascade; Database; Design space; Evolutionary algorithms; Sizing optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TRUSSES;

DESIGN SPACE; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; VARIABLES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 20044375245     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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