Knowledge-based global optimization of cold-formed steel columns

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 785-801

  Liu, H ^a   Igusa, T ^a   Schafer, B W ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Classifier model; Cold formed steel; Global optimization; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INCLUSIONS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CLASSIFIER MODEL; COLD-FORMED STEEL; DIRECT STRENGTH METHOD (DSM); KNOWLEDGE;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 2342475826     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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