Genetic evolutionary structural optimization

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-311

  Liu, Xia ^a   Yi, Wei Jian ^a   Li, Q S ^b   Shen, Pu Sheng ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evolutionary optimization algorithm; Genetic algorithm; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; GENETIC EVOLUTIONARY STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; GLOBAL OPTIMAL RESULTS; WEIGHT OPTIMIZATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 38949116589     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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