Hybrid algorithm of harmony search, particle swarm and ant colony for structural design optimization

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 239, Issue , 2009, Pages 159-198

  Kaveh, A ^a   Talatahari, S ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

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EID: 78049295648     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03450-3_5     Document Type: Article

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