Optimum design of grillage systems using the harmony search algorithm

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Erdal, F ^a   Saka, M P ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Combinatorial optimization grillage systems; Harmony search algorithm; Minimum weight; Optimum structural design; Search technique

Indexed keywords

DESIGN LIMITATIONS; HARMONY SEARCH; HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; MINIMUM WEIGHT; MUSICAL PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; OPTIMUM STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SEARCH TECHNIQUE;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84858627315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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