An ant colony optimization algorithm for stacking sequence design of composite laminates

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-65

  Aymerich, F ^a   Serra, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ant Colony Optimization (AGO); Composite laminates; Lay up optimization; Metaheuristic

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION (AGO); CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS; LAY-UP OPTIMIZATION; METAHEURISTIC;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 33744969601     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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