Performance evaluation of a two stage adaptive genetic algorithm (TSAGA) in structural topology optimization

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1607-1624

  Balamurugan, R ^a   Ramakrishnan, C V ^a   Singh, Nidur ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive genetic algorithm; Genetic algorithm; Global optimal solution; Island genetic algorithm; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ALGORITHMS; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LANDFORMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STAGES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE FEATURES; ADAPTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUES; CONVERGENCE RATES; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GLOBAL OPTIMAL SOLUTION; GLOBAL OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; GLOBAL SEARCH; INITIAL POPULATION; ISLAND GENETIC ALGORITHM; MULTIPLE LOADING; OPTIMIZATION PROCESSES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SELF-ADAPTIVE; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATIONS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; TWO STAGES;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 50149089594     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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