Optimal design of scissor-link foldable structures using Ant Colony Optimization algorithm

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-64

  Kaveh, Ali ^a   Shojaee, S ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; OPTIMAL DESIGN; SCISSOR-LINK FOLDABLE STRUCTURES;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

ALGORITHMS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MANMADE STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33750981267     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2006.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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