Improving computational efficiency of bat-inspired algorithm in optimal structural design

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1003-1015

  Hasancebi O ^a   Azad, S Kazemzadeh ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bat inspired algorithm; Discrete optimization; Metaheuristic search techniques; Optimum sizing; Steel structures; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CURRICULA; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTIONS; DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION; DISCRETE SIZING OPTIMIZATION; META-HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; META-HEURISTIC SEARCH TECHNIQUES; OPTIMAL STRUCTURAL DESIGNS; OPTIMUM SIZING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84951130044     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: 20484011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1369-4332.18.7.1003     Document Type: Article

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