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Title
Colliding bodies optimization [electronic resource] : extensions and applications / A. Kaveh, V.R. Mahdavi.
ISBN
9783319196596 electronic book
3319196596 electronic book
9783319196589
Published
Cham : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
QA402.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
519.6
Summary
This book presents and applies a novel efficient meta-heuristic optimization algorithm called Colliding Bodies Optimization (CBO) for various optimization problems. The first part of the book introduces the concepts and methods involved, while the second is devoted to the applications. Though optimal design of structures is the main topic, two chapters on optimal analysis and applications in constructional management are also included. This algorithm is based on one-dimensional collisions between bodies, with each agent solution being considered as an object or body with mass. After a collision of two moving bodies with specified masses and velocities, these bodies again separate, with new velocities. This collision causes the agents to move toward better positions in the search space. The main algorithm (CBO) is internally parameter independent, setting it apart from previously developed meta-heuristics. This algorithm is enhanced (ECBO) for more efficient applications in the optimal design of structures. The algorithms are implemented in standard computer programming languages (MATLAB and C++) and two main codes are provided for ease of use.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 16, 2015).
Theoretical background of the CBO algorithm: Introduction
Colliding bodies optimization
Enhanced versions of the CBO algorithm
CBO for multi-objective optimization problem
Applications of the CBO: CBO for optimal design of structures with continuous variables
CBO for optimal design of structures with discrete variables
Optimum design of castellated beams utilizing CBO
CBO for optimal design of concrete structures
CBO for p-median problems
CBO for structuring sparse matrices
BCO and ECBO in construction management
Appendix: Computer codes for colliding bodies optimization and its different variants.
