An exponential big bang-big crunch algorithm for discrete design optimization of steel frames

Computers and Structures

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-179

  Hasancebi O ^a   Kazemzadeh Azad, S ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Big bang big crunch (BB BC) algorithm; Code based design of steel frames; Discrete optimization; Metaheuristics; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DISCRETE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION; META HEURISTICS; META-HEURISTIC TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL EVIDENCE; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; STANDARD VERSIONS; STEEL FRAME; STEEL FRAME STRUCTURES;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 84865860557     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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