A Hybrid Big Bang–Big Crunch (HBB–BC) optimization algorithm is employed for optimal
design of truss structures. HBB–BC is compared to Big Bang–Big Crunch (BB–BC) method …

This paper presents an optimization algorithm based on Simulated Annealing. The algorithm–
denoted as CMLPSA (Corrected Multi-Level &Multi-Point Simulated Annealing)–implements …

Causality has been a subject of study for a long time. Often causality is confused with
correlation. Human intuition has evolved such that it has learned to identify causality through …

This paper presents a new optimization tool for automated design of steel lattice
transmission line towers in real-world engineering practice. This tool has been developed by …

The current trend of design methodologies is to make engineers objectify or automate the
decision-making process. Numerical optimization is an example of such technologies but it …

This study aims at improving the performance of simulated annealing (SA) search technique
in real-size structural optimization applications with practical design considerations. It is …

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 …

This paper is concerned with a novel optimization algorithm that implements an enhanced
formulation of simulated annealing (SA). The new algorithm is denoted as ISA (improved …

In this article, two algorithms are presented for the optimum design of geometrically
nonlinear steel space frames that are based on simulated annealing and genetic algorithm …

Due to the unstable properties of composite materials, it is of great significance to obtain the
strength and its mechanical dispersion of composite laminates. The dispersion can be …