Optimum design of steel frames using Cuckoo Search algorithm with Lévy flights

Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1023-1036

  Kaveh, A ^a   Bakhshpoori, T ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cuckoo Search algorithm; frame structures; L vy flights; meta heuristic; optimal design; steel structures

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTIONS; CUCKOO SEARCH ALGORITHMS; FRAME STRUCTURE; LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS; META HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; METAHEURISTIC; OPTIMAL DESIGN; POPULATION-BASED ALGORITHM;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84881379962     PISSN: 15417794     EISSN: 15417808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tal.754     Document Type: Article

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