Cost Optimization of Structures: Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, and Parallel Computing

Cost Optimization of Structures: Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, and Parallel Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-203

  Adeli, Hojjat ^a   Sarma, Kamal C ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARR ENGINEERING COMPANY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/0470867353     Document Type: Book

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