Metaheuristics in structural optimization and discussions on harmony search algorithm

Swarm and Evolutionary Computation

Volumn 28, Issue , 2016, Pages 88-97

  Saka, M P ^a   Hasancebi O ^b   Geem, Z W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Evolution strategies; Harmony search; Metaheuristics; Phenomenon mimicking algorithm; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DESIGN; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; ENGINEERING DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; HARMONY SEARCH; HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; META HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; META HEURISTICS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84957921553     PISSN: 22106502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.swevo.2016.01.005     Document Type: Article

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