Sizing Optimization of Truss Structures using a Hybridized Genetic Algorithm
Optimization and Control
2016-11-26 v1
Abstract
This paper presents a genetic-based hybrid algorithm that combines the exploration power of Genetic Algorithm (GA) with the exploitation capacity of a phenotypical probabilistic local search algorithm. Though not limited to a certain class of optimization problems, the proposed algorithm has been "fine-tuned" to work particularly efficiently on the optimal design of planar and space structures, a class of problems characterized by the large number of design variables and constraints, high degree of non-linearity and multitude of local minima. The proposed algorithm has been applied to the skeletal weight reduction of various planar and spatial trusses and shown to be superior in all of the cases,
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@article{arxiv.1306.1454,
title = {Sizing Optimization of Truss Structures using a Hybridized Genetic Algorithm},
author = {Reza Najian Asl and Mohamad Aslani and Masoud Shariat Panahi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.1454},
year = {2016}
}
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20 pages, 13 figures