Colliding Bodies Optimization Extensions and Applications /

• Main Authors: Kaveh, A. (Author), Mahdavi, V.R (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.

This book presents and applies a novel efficient meta-heuristic optimization algorithm called Colliding Bodies Optimization (CBO) for various optimization problems. The first part of the book introduces the concepts and methods involved, while the second is devoted to the applications. Though optima...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical background of the CBO algorithm: Introduction
• Colliding bodies optimization
• Enhanced versions of the CBO algorithm
• CBO for multi-objective optimization problem
• Applications of the CBO: CBO for optimal design of structures with continuous variables
• CBO for optimal design of structures with discrete variables
• Optimum design of castellated beams utilizing CBO
• CBO for optimal design of concrete structures
• CBO for p-median problems
• CBO for structuring sparse matrices
• BCO and ECBO in construction management
• Appendix: Computer codes for colliding bodies optimization and its different variants.