A chaotic imperialist competitive algorithm for optimum cost design of cantilever retaining walls

KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 972-979

  Pourbaba, M ^a   Talatahari, S ^b   Sheikholeslami, R ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

cantilever retaining walls; chaotic imperialist competitive algorithm; meta heuristics; optimum cost design

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER RETAINING WALLS; COMPETITION PROCESS; COST DESIGN; DESIGN VARIABLES; IMPERIALIST COMPETITIVE ALGORITHMS; META HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; META HEURISTICS; OPTIMUM COSTS;

CHAOS THEORY; DESIGN; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; NANOCANTILEVERS; RETAINING WALLS; SAFETY FACTOR; STABILITY CRITERIA;

COSTS;

EID: 84879625601     PISSN: 12267988     EISSN: 19763808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12205-013-0283-3     Document Type: Article

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