Structural weight optimization of frames using tabu search. I: Optimization procedure

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1858-1868

  Kargahi, Mohsen ^a   Anderson, James C ^b   Dessouky, Maged M ^b  

^a WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Frames; Optimization; Seismic effects; Structural analysis; Weight

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR NONCONVEX OPTIMIZATION MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM; SEARCH TECHNIQUES; TABU SEARCH METHOD; WEIGHT MINIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FUNCTIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33751259859     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2006)132:12(1858)     Document Type: Article

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