Advances in Metaheuristic Algorithms for Optimal Design of Structures

• Main Author: Kaveh, A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical optimization.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanical engineering.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Optimization.; Mechanical Engineering.

This book presents efficient metaheuristic algorithms for optimal design of structures. Many of these algorithms are developed by the author and his colleagues, consisting of Democratic Particle Swarm Optimization, Charged System Search, Magnetic Charged System Search, Field of Forces Optimization,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Historical background
• Formulation of the optimal design of structures
• Charged system search
• Magnetic charged system search
• Field of forces optimization
• Dolphin echolocation optimization
• Ray optimization
• Harmony search
• Big bang-big crunch
• Cuckoo search optimization
• Cuckoo search method
• Imperialist competitive algorithm
• Hybrid optimization algorithms
• Use of chaotic theory in optimization
• Multi-objective optimization
• Applications of meta-heuristics.