• Title of article

    SHAPE OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURES BY MODIFIED HARMONY SEARCH

  • Author/Authors

    S. Gholizadeh، S. Gholizadeh نويسنده دانشكده فني و مهندسي دانشگاه Urmia S. Gholizadeh, S. Gholizadeh , A. Barzegar، A. Barzegar نويسنده Department of Civil Engineering, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran A. Barzegar, A. Barzegar , Ch. Gheyratmand، Ch. Gheyratmand نويسنده Department of Civil Engineering, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran Ch. Gheyratmand, Ch. Gheyratmand

  • Issue Information
    فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2011
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    485
  • To page
    494
  • Abstract
    The main aim of the present study is to propose a modified harmony search (MHS) algorithm for size and shape optimization of structures. The standard harmony search (HS) algorithm is conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of the harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search. The proposed MHS algorithm is designed based on elitism. In fact the MHS is a multi-staged version of the HS and in each stage a new harmony memory is created using the information of the previous stages. Numerical results reveal that the proposed algorithm is a powerful optimization technique with improved exploitation characteristics compared with the standard HS.
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering
  • Record number

    1518250

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=1518250