Optimum design of space trusses using cuckoo search algorithm with lévy flights

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology - Transactions of Civil Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue C1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Kaveh, A ^a   Bakhshpoori, T ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cuckoo search algorithm; Meta heuristic search; Optimal design; Truss structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930817261     PISSN: 22286160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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