02578cam a22004457i 4500 4624 4624 17742595 OSt 20250924091817.0 130517s2013 ne a b 001 0 eng d 2012554289 016198949 Uk 9780123983640 0123983649 (OCoLC)ocn813210753 KYU eng KYUL rda KYUL BTCTA KYUL BDX CDX BWX VGM DLC lccopycat TA340 .H67 2013 Metaheuristic applications in structures and infrastructures / edited by Amir Hossein Gandomi, Civil Engineering, The University of Akron, OH, USA, Xin-She Yang, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK, Siamak Talatahari, Marand Faculty of Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, Amir Hossein Alavi, Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran. First edition. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2013. xx, 556 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Elsevier insights Includes bibliographical references and index. Due to an ever-decreasing supply in raw materials and stringent constraints on conventional energy sources, demand for lightweight, efficient and low-cost structures has become crucially important in modern engineering design. This requires engineers to search for optimal and robust design options to address design problems that are commonly large in scale and highly nonlinear, making finding solutions challenging. In the past two decades, metaheuristic algorithms have shown promising power, efficiency and versatility in solving these difficult optimization problems -- Source other than Library of Congress. Engineering design School of Business and Education Education Engineering School of Business and Education Education Heuristic algorithms. Gandomi, Amir Hossein. editor of compilation Yang, Xin-She. editor of compilation. Talatahari, Siamak. editor of compilation Alavi, Amir Hossein. editor of compilation Elsevier insights. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/2012554289-d.html 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc LLB 0 0 lcc 0 0 KyUCL KyUCL 2021-05-10 LB2806.L85 2013 KYU/2021/8424 2021-05-10 2021-05-10 LLB 0 0 lcc 0 0 KyUCL KyUCL 2021-05-10 LB2806.L85 2013 KYU/2021/8423 2026-03-31 2021-05-10 LLB