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024 7 _a10.1007/978-3-319-26245-1
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245 1 0 _aMetaheuristics and Optimization in Civil Engineering
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Xin-She Yang, Gebrail Bekdaş, Sinan Melih Nigdeli.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2016.
300 _aXI, 302 p. 110 illus., 75 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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490 1 _aModeling and Optimization in Science and Technologies,
_x2196-7326 ;
_v7
520 _aThis timely book deals with a current topic, i.e. the applications of metaheuristic algorithms, with a primary focus on optimization problems in civil engineering. The first chapter offers a concise overview of different kinds of metaheuristic algorithms, explaining their advantages in solving complex engineering problems that cannot be effectively tackled by traditional methods, and citing the most important works for further reading. The remaining chapters report on advanced studies on the applications of certain metaheuristic algorithms to specific engineering problems. Genetic algorithm, bat algorithm, cuckoo search, harmony search and simulated annealing are just some of the methods presented and discussed step by step in real-application contexts, in which they are often used in combination with each other. Thanks to its synthetic yet meticulous and practice-oriented approach, the book is a perfect guide for graduate students, researchers and professionals willing to applying metaheuristic algorithms in civil engineering and other related engineering fields, such as mechanical, transport and geotechnical engineering. It is also a valuable aid for both lectures and advanced engineering students.
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aOperations research.
650 0 _aDecision making.
650 0 _aComputational intelligence.
650 0 _aMechanics.
650 0 _aMechanics, Applied.
650 0 _aCivil engineering.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aCivil Engineering.
650 2 4 _aComputational Intelligence.
650 2 4 _aTheoretical and Applied Mechanics.
650 2 4 _aOperation Research/Decision Theory.
700 1 _aYang, Xin-She.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aBekdaş, Gebrail.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aNigdeli, Sinan Melih.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783319262437
830 0 _aModeling and Optimization in Science and Technologies,
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_v7
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26245-1
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