Recent research efforts in the field of steel frame optimization have demonstrated the
successful implementation of stochastic methods such as genetic algorithms, simulated …

In this article, a harmony search algorithm is presented for optimum design of steel frame
structures. Harmony search is a meta-heuristic search method which has been developed …

A harmony search algorithm is presented for optimum design of planar and space steel
frames in this chapter. Harmony search (HS) is a meta-heuristic search method. It bases on …

In this article, harmony search algorithm was developed for optimum design of steel frames.
Harmony search is a meta-heuristic search method that has been developed recently. It …

In this study the robustness of six metaheuristic algorithms–ant colony optimization, genetic
algorithm, harmony search, particle swarm optimization, simulated annealing and tabu …

An enhanced harmony search (EHS) algorithm is developed enabling the HS algorithm to
quickly escape from local optima. For this purpose, the harmony memory updating phase is …

Harmony search method is widely applied in structural design optimization since its
emergence. These applications have shown that harmony search algorithm is robust …

In this chapter an improved version of harmony search algorithm called an adaptive
harmony search algorithm is presented. The harmony memory considering rate and pitch …

Most engineering optimization algorithms are based on numerical linear and nonlinear
programming methods that require substantial gradient information and usually seek to …

This study presents a hybrid metaheuristic algorithm to obtain optimum designs for steel
space buildings. The optimum design problem of three-dimensional steel frames is …