The present paper surveys the application of soft computing (SC) techniques in engineering
design. Within this context, fuzzy logic (FL), genetic algorithms (GA) and artificial neural …

This paper presents a new optimization technique called water cycle algorithm (WCA) which
is applied to a number of constrained optimization and engineering design problems. The …

A novel population-based algorithm based on the mine bomb explosion concept, called the
mine blast algorithm (MBA), is applied to the constrained optimization and engineering …

The ever-increasing demands for resource-saving, engineering technology progress, and
environmental protection stimulate the progress of the progressive design method. As an …

Solving practical mechanical problems is considered as a real challenge for evaluating the
efficiency of newly developed algorithms. The present article introduces a comparative study …

Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) algorithm is to minimize the objective under
the probabilistic factors. While gradient-based and classical evolutionary RBDO algorithms …

Energy management of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems is a
primary concern in building projects, since the energy consumption in electricity has the …

The modernization in automobile industries has been booming in recent times, which has
led to the development of lightweight and fuel-efficient design of different automobile …

This paper introduces a new adaptive mixed differential evolution (NAMDE) algorithm for
mechanical design optimisation problems. The algorithm uses a self-adaptive mechanism to …

For an installed centralized heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system,
appropriate energy management measures would achieve energy conservation targets …