Optimum design of cellular beams using harmony search and particle swarm optimizers

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-247

  Erdal, Ferhat ^a   Doan, Erkan ^a   Saka, Mehmet Polat ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cellular beams; Design optimization; Harmony search algorithm; Particle swarm method; Steel structures; Stochastic search techniques

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR BEAMS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE SWARM; STOCHASTIC SEARCH TECHNIQUES;

DEPTH PROFILING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); STEEL STRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77957264559     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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