
12
CHAPTER
Using Evolutionary Algorithms
to
Aid Designers of Architectu ral
Structures
Peter von Buelow University of Stuttgart
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INTRODUCTION
In engineering fields, accomplishing an objective with a minimum of effort, ei-
ther in terms of material, time, or other expense, is a basic activity. For this rea-
son it is easy to understand the interest designers have in different optimization
techniques. Mathematical as well as model-based tools have traditionally been
employed for such optimization. ...