Efficient gravitational search algorithm for optimum design of retaining walls

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-127

  Khajehzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Taha, Mohd Raihan ^a   Eslami, Mahdiyeh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gravitational search algorithm; Minimum cost; Minimum weight; Retaining wall

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; NUMERICAL METHODS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RETAINING WALLS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

GRAVITATIONAL SEARCH ALGORITHMS; MINIMUM COST; MINIMUM WEIGHT; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPPOSITION-BASED LEARNING; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; REINFORCED CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS; STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84873137232     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2013.45.1.111     Document Type: Article

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