Improvements in the performance of a genetic algorithm: Application to steelwork optimum design

7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 2037-2045

  Mahfouz, S Y ^a   Toropov, V V ^a   Westbrook, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEEL; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH STANDARDS; CODES OF PRACTICE; DESIGN PROBLEMS; ELITIST STRATEGIES; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMUM DESIGNS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84982318650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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