Abstract
Various algorithms have been developed and applied to structural optimization, in which cross-sectional areas of structure members are assumed to be continuous. in most cases of practical structure designs, however, decision variables (cross-sectional areas) are discrete. This paper proposes a combinatorial optimization model for structural design using a new nature-inspired algorithm, harmony search (HS). HS is also compared to genetic algorithms through a standard truss example. Numerical results reveal that the proposed HS is a powerful search algorithm for combinatorial structure optimization.
Recommended Citation
Z. W. Geem et al., "Harmony Search for Structural Design," GECCO 2005 - Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp. 651 - 652, Association for Computing Machinery, Dec 2005.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1145/1068009.1068119
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Combinatorial Optimization; Harmony Search; Structural Design
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
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Publication Date
01 Dec 2005
