Structural engineering is focused on the safe and efficient design of infrastructure. Projects
can range in size and complexity, many requiring massive amounts of materials and …

A very recently developed metaheuristic method called Jaya algorithm (JA) is implemented
in this study for sizing and layout optimization of truss structures. The main feature of JA is …

Tuned mass dampers are robust tools that can control the undesired vibrations induced by
wind and earthquakes. Although vibration control systems such as tuned mass dampers …

Despite the unprecedented permeation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and
collaboration platforms, architects and structural engineers, for the most part, act as separate …

Many methods can be used to construct geographical cellular automata (CA) models of
urban land use, but most do not adequately capture spatial heterogeneity in urban …

This work evaluates the performance of the salp swarm algorithm (SSA) for truss system
optimization problems and presents a novel method called the modified salp swarm …

In this paper, an enhanced, memory-assisted version of the multi-verse optimizer (MVO) is
proposed for the shape and size optimization of various types of truss structures. The …

The current study proposes a new metaheuristic algorithm based on the clan behavior of
elephants, called elephant clan optimization (ECO), to solve structural optimization …

In this paper, a swarm intelligence-based optimization technique called Artificial Bee Colony
algorithm (ABC) is employed in combined optimization of truss structures. The objective is to …

Structural optimization for performance-based seismic design (PBSD) in earthquake
engineering aims at finding optimum design variables corresponding to a minimum …