Development of a hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm for combinatorial optimisation and its application for optimal design of laminated composite cylindrical skirt

Computers and Structures

Volumn 86, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 796-815

  Rao, A Rama Mohan ^a   Shyju, P P ^a  

^a CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Combinatorial optimisation; Cylindrical shell; Laminate composites; Meta heuristic algorithm; Simulated annealing; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; METADATA; TABU SEARCH;

CYLINDRICAL SHELL; LAMINATE COMPOSITES; META-HEURISTIC ALGORITHM;

HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 40749115603     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2007.05.033     Document Type: Article

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