Advances in Metaheuristic Algorithms for Optimal Design of Structures   / Kaveh, A.;  -- Cham :Springer International Publishing :;Imprint: Springer,2014.

xii, 426 p. :

Introduction -- Historical background -- Formulation of the optimal design of structures -- Charged system search -- Magnetic charged system search -- Field of forces optimization -- Dolphin echolocation optimization -- Ray optimization -- Harmony search -- Big bang-big crunch -- Cuckoo search optimization -- Cuckoo search method -- Imperialist competitive algorithm -- Hybrid optimization algorithms -- Use of chaotic theory in optimization -- Multi-objective optimization -- Applications of meta-heuristics.

ISBN 9783319055497