Swarm Intelligence and Bio-Inspired Computation

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Structural Optimization Using Krill Herd Algorithm

Amir Hossein Gandomi¹, Amir Hossein Alavi² and Siamak Talatahari³,    ¹Department of Civil Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA, ²Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, ³Marand Faculty of Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

15.1 Introduction

Structural optimization is a new variant of engineering optimization that deals with structural criteria used to evaluate the merit of a design. The design objectives in the structural optimization are commonly minimum construction cost, minimum life cycle cost, minimum weight, and maximum stiffness (Sahab et al., 2013), and they are usually ...