Krill herd algorithm for optimum design of truss structures

International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 281-288

  Gandomi, Amir Hossein ^a   Talatahari, Siamak ^b   Tadbiri, Faraz ^c   Alavi, Amir Hossein ^d  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Krill herd algorithm; Metaheuristic; Optimum design; Truss structures

Indexed keywords

TRUSSES;

META-HEURISTIC OPTIMISATION; METAHEURISTIC; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; TRUSS DESIGN; TRUSS OPTIMISATION; TRUSS STRUCTURE;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84886564726     PISSN: 17580366     EISSN: 17580374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIC.2013.057191     Document Type: Article

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