Metaheuristics and Optimization in Civil Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yang, Xin-She (Editor), Bekdaş, Gebrail (Editor), Nigdeli, Sinan Melih (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technologies, 7
• Subjects: Engineering.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Computational intelligence.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Civil engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Computational Intelligence.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This timely book deals with a current topic, i.e. the applications of metaheuristic algorithms, with a primary focus on optimization problems in civil engineering. The first chapter offers a concise overview of different kinds of metaheuristic algorithms, explaining their advantages in solving compl...