A discrete particle swarm ant colony optimization for design of steel frames

Asian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 563-575

  Kaveh, A ^a   Talatahari, S ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ant colony; Discrete optimum; Frame design; Optimization; Particle swarm

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949104323     PISSN: 15630854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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