A heuristic particle swarm optimizer (HPSO) algorithm for truss structures with discrete
variables is presented based on the standard particle swarm optimizer (PSO) and the …

In this paper, a particle swarm optimizer with passive congregation (PSOPC), ant colony
optimization (ACO) and harmony search scheme (HS) are combined to reach to an efficient …

A heuristic particle swarm ant colony optimization (HPSACO) is presented for optimum
design of trusses. The algorithm is based on the particle swarm optimizer with passive …

This chapter considers the implementation of the heuristic particle swarm ant colony
optimization (HPSACO) methodology to find an optimum design of different types of …

The contribution of this study is to propose a multi-stage particle swarm optimization
(MSPSO) for structural optimization. In this paper, three auxiliary improving mechanisms are …

This paper presents a heuristic particle swarm optimizer (HPSO) for optimum design of pin
connected structures. The algorithm is based on the particle swarm optimizer with passive …

In this paper, two optimization algorithms are applied for finding the optimal mass of truss
structures with natural frequency constraints. The Particle Swarm Optimization with an Aging …

In this paper, size and shape optimization of truss structures is performed using an efficient
hybrid method. This algorithm uses a particle swarm strategy and ray optimizer, and utilizes …

This paper presents a new variant of the Harmony Search (HS) algorithm. This Hybrid
Harmony Search (HHS) algorithm follows a new approach to improvisation: while retaining …

In this article, search mechanisms of Swallow Swarm Optimization (SSO) are implemented
in the framework of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to form the Hybrid Particle Swallow …