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Solving structural optimization problems with genetic algorithms and simulated annealing

✍ Scribed by Salvador Botello; Jose L. Marroquin; Eugenio Oñate; Johan Van Horebeek

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
142 KB
Volume
45
Category
Article
ISSN
0029-5981

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✦ Synopsis

In this paper we study the performance of two stochastic search methods: Genetic Algorithms and Simulated Annealing, applied to the optimization of pin-jointed steel bar structures. We show that it is possible to embed these two schemes into a single parametric family of algorithms, and that optimal performance (in a parallel machine) is obtained by a hybrid scheme. Examples of applications to the optimization of several real steel bar structures are presented.

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