Genetic Algorithm Trained Counter-Propagation Neural Net in Structural Optimization

Author(s):  
A. Iranmanesh ◽  
M. Fahimi
2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 429-435
Author(s):  
Xiao Ping Zhong ◽  
Peng Jin

Firstly, a two-level optimization procedure for composite structure is investigated with lamination parameters as design variables and MSC.Nastran as analysis tool. The details using lamination parameters as MSC.Nastran input parameters are presented. Secondly, with a proper equivalent stiffness laminate built to substitute for the lamination parameters, a two-level optimization method based on the equivalent stiffness laminate is proposed. Compared with the lamination parameters-based method, the layer thicknesses of the equivalent stiffness laminate are adopted as continuous design variables at the first level. The corresponding lamination parameters are calculated from the optimal layer thicknesses. At the second level, genetic algorithm (GA) is applied to identify an optimal laminate configuration to target the lamination parameters obtained. The numerical example shows that the proposed method without considering constraints of lamination parameters can obtain better optimal results.


Author(s):  
Ali Kaveh ◽  
S.R. Hoseini Vaez ◽  
Pedram Hosseini

In this study, the Modified Dolphin Monitoring (MDM) operator is used to enhance the performance of some metaheuristic algorithms. The MDM is a recently presented operator that controls the population dispersion in each iteration. Algorithms are selected from some well-established algorithms. Here, this operator is applied on Differential Evolution (DE), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Genetic Algorithm (GA), Vibrating Particles System (VPS), Enhanced Vibrating Particles System (EVPS), Colliding Bodied Optimization (CBO) and Harmony Search (HS) and the performance of these algorithms are evaluated with and without this operator on three well-known structural optimization problems. The results show the performance of this operator on these algorithms for the best, the worst, average and average weight of the first quarter of answers.


2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuyuki Takahama ◽  
Setsuko Sakai ◽  
Takumi Ichimura ◽  
Yoshinori Isomichi

Author(s):  
Nirupam Chakraborti

Data-driven modeling and optimization are now of utmost importance in computational materials research. This chapter presents the operational details of two recent algorithms EvoNN (Evolutionary Neural net) and BioGP (Bi-objective Genetic Programming) which are particularly suitable for modeling and optimization tasks pertinent to noisy data. In both the approaches a tradeoff between the accuracy and complexity of the candidate models are sought, ultimately leading to some optimum tradeoffs. These novel strategies are tailor-made for constructing models of right complexity, excluding the non-essential inputs. They are constructed to implement the notion of Pareto-optimality using a predator-prey type genetic algorithm, providing the user with a set of optimum models, out of which an appropriate one can be easily picked up by applying some external criteria, if necessary. Several materials related problems have been solved using these algorithms in recent times and a couple of typical examples are briefly presented in this chapter.


2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 3708-3723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helio J.C. Barbosa ◽  
Afonso C.C. Lemonge ◽  
Carlos C.H. Borges

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