The evolution of structural design through artificial embryogeny

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, CI-ALife 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 425-432

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SIZE DETERMINATION; TRUSSES;

ARTIFICIAL EMBRYOGENY; EMPIRICAL EVALUATION; METAPHOR;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34548718657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ALIFE.2007.367826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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