Ant colony optimization of irregular steel frames including elemental warping effect

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-169

  Aydodu, I ^a   Saka, M P ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Minimum weight; Optimum structural design; Steel space frame; Stochastic search techniques; Warping effect

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

ANT-COLONY OPTIMIZATION; MINIMUM WEIGHT; OPTIMUM STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STEEL SPACE FRAME; STOCHASTIC SEARCH TECHNIQUES; WARPING EFFECTS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80955165948     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2011.05.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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