Harmony Search Algorithms for Structural Design Optimization

1. Front Matter

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2. Standard Harmony Search Algorithm for Structural Design Optimization

   • Kang Seok Lee

   Pages 1-49

3. Optimum Design of Steel Frames via Harmony Search Algorithm

   • S. O. Degertekin

   Pages 51-78

4. Adaptive Harmony Search Algorithm for Design Code Optimization of Steel Structures

   • M. P. Saka, O. Hasançebi

   Pages 79-120

5. Harmony Particle Swarm Algorithm for Structural Design Optimization

   • Lijuan Li, Feng Liu

   Pages 121-157

6. Hybrid Algorithm of Harmony Search, Particle Swarm and Ant Colony for Structural Design Optimization

   • A. Kaveh, S. Talatahari

   Pages 159-198

7. Determining Viscoelastic and Damage Properties Based on Harmony Search Algorithm

   • Sungho Mun, Zong Woo Geem

   Pages 199-226

8. Back Matter

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Various structures, such as buildings, bridges, and paved roads play an important role in our lives. However, these construction projects require large expenditures. Designing infrastructure cost-efficiently while satisfying all necessary design constraints is one of the most important and difficult tasks for a structural engineer. Traditionally, mathematical gradient-based optimization techniques have been applied to these designs. However, these gradient-based methods are not suitable for discrete design variables such as factory-made cross sectional area of structural members. Recently, researchers have turned their interest to phenomenon-mimicking optimization techniques because these techniques have proved able to efficiently handle discrete design variables. One of these techniques is harmony search, an algorithm developed from musical improvisation that has been applied to various structural design problems and has demonstrated cost-savings. This book gathers all the latest developments relating to the application of the harmony search algorithm in the structural design field in order for readers to efficiently understand the full spectrum of the algorithm’s potential and to easily apply the algorithm to their own structural problems. This book contains six chapters with the following subjects: standard harmony search algorithm and its applications by Lee; standard harmony search algorithm for steel frame design by Degertekin; adaptive harmony search algorithm and its applications by Saka and Hasançebi; harmony particle swarm algorithm and its applications by Li and Liu; hybrid algorithm of harmony search, particle swarm & ant colony for structural design by Kaveh and Talatahari; and parameter calibration of viscoelastic and damage functions by Mun and Geem.

• Computational Intelligence
• Frames
• Harmony Search
• Haromony Search Algorithm
• Meta-Heuristics
• Soft Computing
• Structural Engineering
• algorithms
• metaheuristic
• optimization
• data structures

• Westat, Inc. , Maryland, USA

  Zong Woo Geem

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