Environment as a spatial constraint on the growth of structural form

Proceedings of GECCO 2007: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1037-1044

  Kowaliw, Taras ^a   Grogono, Peter ^a   Kharma, Nawwaf ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial embryogeny; Computational development; Developmental algorithms; Environment; Evolutionary computation; Structure; Topological optimization; Truss

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ARTIFICIAL EMBRYOGENY; COMPUTATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL ALGORITHMS; TOPOLOGICAL OPTIMIZATION; TRUSS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 34548069734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1276958.1277163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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