Cost optimization of structures : fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, and parallel computing / Hojjat Adeli, Kamal C. Sarma.
Publisher: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 203 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0470867353
- 9780470867358
- 9780470867341
- 0470867345
- Structural optimization -- Mathematics
- Skyscrapers -- Design and construction -- Cost control
- Structural optimization
- Optimisation des structures -- Mathématiques
- Gratte-ciel -- Conception et construction -- Coût -- Contrôle
- ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial
- ARCHITECTURE -- Security Design
- ARCHITECTURE -- Project Management
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- TA658.8 .A345 2006
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index.
Evolutionary computing and the genetic algorithm -- Cost optimization of composite floors -- Fuzzy genetic algorithm for optimization of steel structures -- Fuzzy discrete multi-criteria cost optimization of steel structures -- Parallel computing -- Parallel fuzzy genetic algorithms for cost optimization of large steel structures -- Life-cycle cost optimization of steel structures.
While the weight of a structure constitutes a significant part of the cost, a minimum weight design is not necessarily the minimum cost design. Little attention in structural optimization has been paid to the cost optimization problem, particularly of realistic three-dimensional structures.
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