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  1. Comparison of four meta-heuristic algorithms for optimal design of double-layer barrel vaults
  2. Optimal design of nonlinear large-scale suspendome using cascade optimization
  3. Optimal design of cyclically symmetric trusses with frequency constraints using cyclical parthenogenesis algorithm
  4. Analysis of repetitive and near-repetitive structures by transformation to equivalent circulant structures
  5. Enhanced Colliding Bodies Algorithm for Truss Optimization with Frequency Constraints
  6. Efficient finite element analysis using graph-theoretical force method; rectangular plane stress and plane strain Lagrange family elements
  7. Colliding-Bodies Optimization for Truss Optimization with Multiple Frequency Constraints
  8. An efficient method for seismic analysis of structures
  9. Optimal domain decomposition using Colliding Bodies Optimization and k-median method
  10. Efficient finite element solution of regular and near-regular systems using graph products
  11. An improved magnetic charged system search for optimization of truss structures with continuous and discrete variables
  12. Swift Analysis for Size and Geometry Optimization of Structures
  13. Layout Optimization of Braced Frames Using Differential Evolution Algorithm and Dolphin Echolocation Optimization
  14. CBO and CSS Algorithms for Resource Allocation and Time-Cost Trade-Off
  15. Colliding Bodies Optimization
  16. Introduction
  17. Colliding Bodies Optimization Algorithms
  18. Optimal Design of Concrete Structures Using Colliding Bodies Optimization
  19. Optimum Design of Castellated Beams Utilizing Colliding Bodies Optimization
  20. Enhanced Versions of the CBO Algorithm
  21. Optimal Design of Truss Structures with Discrete Variables Using Colliding Bodies Optimization
  22. Optimal Design of Truss Structures with Continuous Variables Using Colliding Bodies Optimization
  23. Resource Allocation and Time-Cost Trade-Off Using Colliding Bodies Optimization
  24. A Comparative Study of CBO and ECBO for Optimal Design of Structures
  25. Domain Decomposition of Finite Element Models and Bandwidth Reduction of Sparse Matrices
  26. Hybridized optimization algorithms for design of trusses with multiple natural frequency constraints
  27. Enhanced colliding bodies optimization for design problems with continuous and discrete variables
  28. Optimal seismic design of Reinforced Concrete shear wall-frame structures
  29. Front Matter
  30. References
  31. Optimal Displacement Method of Structural Analysis
  32. Optimal Force Method of Structural Analysis
  33. Index
  34. Index of Symbols
  35. Static Indeterminacy and Rigidity of Skeletal Structures
  36. Appendix B Greedy Algorithm and its Applications
  37. Basic Concepts and Theorems of Structural Analysis
  38. Ordering for Optimal Patterns of Structural Matrices
  39. Decomposition and Nodal Ordering of Regular Structures Using Graph Products
  40. Appendix A Basic Concepts and Definitions of Graph Theory
  41. Decomposition for Parallel Computing
  42. Decomposition for Parallel Computing
  43. Ordering for Optimal Patterns of Structural Matrices
  44. Performance-based seismic design of steel frames utilizing charged system search optimization
  45. An efficient hybrid Particle Swarm and Swallow Swarm Optimization algorithm
  46. New developments in the optimal analysis of regular and near-regular structures: decomposition, graph products, force method
  47. Analysis of Irregular Structures Composed of Regular and Irregular Parts Using Graph Products
  48. Colliding bodies optimization: A novel meta-heuristic method
  49. Colliding Bodies Optimization method for optimum discrete design of truss structures
  50. Colliding Bodies Optimization method for optimum design of truss structures with continuous variables
  51. An efficient hybrid particle swarm strategy, ray optimizer, and harmony search algorithm for optimal design of truss structures
  52. Magnetic charged system search for structural optimization
  53. Computational Structural Analysis and Finite Element Methods
  54. Advances in Metaheuristic Algorithms for Optimal Design of Structures
  55. Introduction
  56. Imperialist Competitive Algorithm
  57. Dolphin Echolocation Optimization
  58. Chaos Embedded Metaheuristic Algorithms
  59. Modified Big Bang–Big Crunch Algorithm
  60. Particle Swarm Optimization
  61. Field of Forces Optimization
  62. Magnetic Charged System Search
  63. Charged System Search Algorithm
  64. Ray Optimization Algorithm
  65. Cuckoo Search Optimization
  66. Colliding Bodies Optimization
  67. Democratic PSO for truss layout and size optimization with frequency constraints
  68. A Multi-swarm Multi-objective Optimization Method for Structural Design
  69. Chaotic swarming of particles: A new method for size optimization of truss structures
  70. Decomposition for Parallel Computing: Graph Theory Methods
  71. Analysis of Regular Structures Using Graph Products
  72. Optimal Force Method for FEMs: Low Order Elements
  73. Optimal Displacement Method of Structural Analysis
  74. Optimal Force Method: Analysis of Skeletal Structures
  75. Optimal Force Method for FEMS: Higher Order Elements
  76. Ordering for Optimal Patterns of Structural Matrices: Algebraic Graph Theory and Meta-heuristic Based Methods
  77. Ordering for Optimal Patterns of Structural Matrices: Graph Theory Methods
  78. Simultaneous Analysis, Design and Optimization of Structures Using Force Method and Supervised Charged System Search
  79. Shape and size optimization of trusses with multiple frequency constraints using harmony search and ray optimizer for enhancing the particle swarm optimization algorithm
  80. Efficient finite element analysis using graph-theoretical force method; hexahedron elements
  81. Shape optimization of arch dams under earthquake loading using meta-heuristic algorithms
  82. Analysis of structures convertible to repeated structures using graph products
  83. A new hybrid optimization algorithm for recognition of hysteretic non-linear systems
  84. Topology optimization of trusses considering static and dynamic constraints using the CSS
  85. A new optimization method: Dolphin echolocation
  86. A new multi-swarm multi-objective optimization method for structural design
  87. Ray optimization for size and shape optimization of truss structures
  88. Optimal Analysis of Structures by Concepts of Symmetry and Regularity
  89. Optimum Design of Skeletal Structures via Big Bang–Big Crunch Algorithm
  90. Optimal design of structures with multiple natural frequency constraints using a hybridized BB-BC/Quasi-Newton algorithm
  91. List of Contributors
  92. Introduction to Symmetry and Regularity
  93. Graph Products and Configuration Processing
  94. Introduction to Graph Theory and Algebraic Graph Theory
  95. Canonical Forms for Combinatorial Optimisation, Nodal Ordering and Graph Partitioning
  96. Graph Products Applied to the Analysis of Regular Structures
  97. Graph–Group Method for the Analysis of Symmetric-Regular Structures
  98. Graph Products Applied to the Locally Modified Regular Structures Using Direct Methods
  99. Graph Products for Ordering and Domain Decomposition
  100. Graph Products Applied to the Regular and Locally Modified Regular Structures Using Iterative Methods
  101. Simultaneous analysis, design and optimization of structures using the force method and supervised charged system search algorithm
  102. Analysis of near‐regular structures using the force method
  103. A new meta-heuristic method: Ray Optimization
  104. A hybrid evolutionary graph-based multi-objective algorithm for layout optimization of truss structures
  105. Magnetic charged system search: a new meta-heuristic algorithm for optimization
  106. Parameter identification of Bouc-Wen model for MR fluid dampers using adaptive charged system search optimization
  107. Efficient finite element analysis using graph-theoretical force method with brick elements
  108. Truss optimization with natural frequency constraints using a hybridized CSS-BBBC algorithm with trap recognition capability
  109. Cost optimization of a composite floor system, one-way waffle slab, and concrete slab formwork using a charged system search algorithm
  110. Chaotic imperialist competitive algorithm for optimum design of truss structures
  111. Weighted triangular and circular graph products for configuration processing
  112. New developments in graph products and applications in structural engineering
  113. A hybrid HS-CSS algorithm for simultaneous analysis, design and optimization of trusses via force method
  114. Discrete cost optimization of composite floor system using social harmony search model
  115. Canonical Forms for Symmetric and Regular Structures
  116. Performance-based multi-objective optimization of large steel structures
  117. A novel hybrid charge system search and particle swarm optimization method for multi-objective optimization
  118. Cost Optimization of Reinforced Concrete One-Way Ribbed Slabs Using Harmony Search Algorithm
  119. Approximate eigensolution of Laplacian matrices for locally modified graph products
  120. Efficient finite element analysis by graph-theoretical force method; rectangular and triangular plate bending elements
  121. A unified approach to parameter selection in meta-heuristic algorithms for layout optimization
  122. Hybrid charged system search and particle swarm optimization for engineering design problems
  123. A multi-set charged system search for truss optimization with variables of different natures; element grouping
  124. An enhanced charged system search for configuration optimization using the concept of fields of forces
  125. Geometry and topology optimization of geodesic domes using charged system search
  126. Block circulant matrices and applications in free vibration analysis of cyclically repetitive structures
  127. An efficient analysis of repetitive structures generated by graph products
  128. Vibration analysis of regular structures by graph products: Cable networks
  129. Cost optimization of a composite floor system using an improved harmony search algorithm
  130. Corrigendum to: “Particle swarm optimizer, ant colony strategy and harmony search scheme hybridized for optimization of truss structures” [Comput. Struct. 87 (2009) 267–283]
  131. Eigenfrequencies of symmetric planar trusses via weighted graph symmetry and new canonical forms
  132. Performance-based seismic design of steel frames using ant colony optimization
  133. Graph products with specified domains for configuration processing and formation of the adjacency matrices
  134. An improved ant colony optimization for the design of planar steel frames
  135. Eigensolution of augmented graph products using shifted inverse iteration method
  136. A novel heuristic optimization method: charged system search
  137. An improved ant colony optimization for constrained engineering design problems
  138. Improved group-theoretical method for eigenvalue problems of special symmetric structures, using graph theory
  139. Optimal design of skeletal structures via the charged system search algorithm
  140. Iran's scientists condemn instances of plagiarism
  141. New graph products of specified domains for configuration processing
  142. Eigensolution of Laplacian matrices for graph partitioning and domain decomposition
  143. Efficient graph-theoretical force method for two-dimensional rectangular finite element analysis
  144. Size optimization of space trusses using Big Bang–Big Crunch algorithm
  145. Improved group theoretic method using graph products for the analysis of symmetric-regular structures
  146. A particle swarm ant colony optimization for truss structures with discrete variables
  147. Efficient force method for the analysis of finite element models comprising of triangular elements using ant colony optimization
  148. Nondominated Archiving Multicolony Ant Algorithm in Time–Cost Trade-Off Optimization
  149. Weighted Graph Products for Configuration Processing of Planar and Space Structures
  150. Particle swarm optimizer, ant colony strategy and harmony search scheme hybridized for optimization of truss structures
  151. A general theorem for adjacency matrices of graph products and application in graph partitioning for parallel computing
  152. Hybrid Algorithm of Harmony Search, Particle Swarm and Ant Colony for Structural Design Optimization
  153. Combinatorial optimization of special graphs for nodal ordering and graph partitioning
  154. Sizing, geometry and topology optimization of trusses via force method and genetic algorithm
  155. Ant Colony Optimization for Design of Space Trusses
  156. Factorization for efficient solution of eigenproblems of adjacency and Laplacian matrices for graph products
  157. Graph products for configuration processing of space structures
  158. Efficient finite element analysis by graph-theoretical force method; triangular and rectangular plate bending elements
  159. Ant colony optimization for finding medians of weighted graphs
  160. Graph theoretical implementation of memetic algorithms in structural optimization of frame bracing layouts
  161. Optimal priority functions for profile reduction using ant colony optimization
  162. Dynamic selective pressure using hybrid evolutionary and ant system strategies for structural optimization
  163. An efficient graph theoretical method for plate bending finite element analysis via force method
  164. An efficient graph-theoretical force method for three-dimensional finite element analysis
  165. A novel nodal ordering algorithm for profile optimization by efficient solution of a differential equation
  166. Graph coloration and group theory in dynamic analysis of symmetric finite element models
  167. Eigensolution for Stability Analysis of Planar Frames by Graph Symmetry
  168. Analysis of frames by substructuring technique based on using algebraic and graph methods
  169. A hybrid ant strategy and genetic algorithm to tune the population size for efficient structural optimization
  170. Efficient finite element analysis by graph-theoretical force method
  171. Topology and graph products; eigenproblems in optimal structural analysis
  172. Fuzzy Optimization Model for Earthwork Allocations with Imprecise Parameters
  173. Graph coloration and group theory for factorization of symmetric dynamic systems
  174. Minimal cycle basis of graph products for the force method of frame analysis
  175. Eigensolution for free vibration of planar frames by weighted graph symmetry
  176. Optimal design of skeletal structures using ant colony optimization
  177. Optimal Design of Scissor-Link Foldable Structures Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm
  178. Simultaneous topology and size optimization of structures by genetic algorithm using minimal length chromosome
  179. Optimal Structural Analysis
  180. Analysis of frames with semi-rigid joints: A graph-theoretical approach
  181. Block diagonalization of adjacency and Laplacian matrices for graph product; applications in structural mechanics
  182. Analysis, design and optimization of structures using force method and genetic algorithm
  183. Subminimal cycle basis of a graph for efficient force method of frame analysis
  184. A unified method for eigendecomposition of graph products
  185. Graph symmetry and dynamic systems
  186. Eigensolution of symmetric frames using graph factorization
  187. Nodal ordering using graph theory and a genetic algorithm
  188. Size/geometry optimization of trusses by the force method and genetic algorithm
  189. Design of frames using genetic algorithm, force method and graph theory
  190. An efficient method for decomposition of regular structures using graph products
  191. A hybrid graph-genetic method for domain decomposition
  192. Topology optimization of trusses using genetic algorithm, force method and graph theory
  193. A multi-level finite element nodal ordering using algebraic graph theory
  194. Topological aspects of meshless methods and nodal ordering for meshless discretizations
  195. Ordering for wavefront optimization
  196. Optimal plastic analysis and design of frames: graph theoretical methods
  197. Bandwidth optimization for rectangular matrices
  198. Structural optimization by gradient-based neural networks
  199. Structural optimization by gradient‐based neural networks
  200. A graph theoretical method for frontwidth reduction
  201. A hybrid graph–neural method for domain decomposition
  202. Conditioning of structural stiffness matrices
  203. Topological transformations applied to structural mechanics
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  205. Improved cycle bases of a graph for the force method of frame analysis
  206. Revised Greedy algorithm for formation of a minimal cycle basis of a graph
  207. A graph-theoretical approach to configuration processing
  208. Matroids in structural mechanics
  209. Graphs and structures
  210. Optimizing the conditioning of structural flexibility matrices
  211. Iterative solution of large structures
  212. Algebraic graph theory for ordering
  213. On optimal cycle bases of graphs for mesh analysis of networks
  214. Topological properties of skeletal structures
  215. On subminimal cycle bases of a graph for the force method
  216. Ordering for bandwidth reduction
  217. An efficient flexibility analysis of structures
  218. Graph theoretical methods for efficient flexibility analysis of planar trusses
  219. A combinatorial optimization problem; optimal generalized cycle bases
  220. Interrelation of Group Products and Graph Products in Configuration Processing of Symmetric Structures
  221. Improved Group-Theoretical Method for Eigenvalue Problems of Special Symmetric Structures Using Graph Theory
  222. Topological Transformations Applied to Structural Mechanics
  223. Conditioning of Structural Stiffness Matrices
  224. Bandwidth Optimization for Rectangular Matrices
  225. Non-Linear Combinatorial Force Method
  226. Finite Element Nodal Ordering Methods
  227. Symmetry in Dynamic Systems
  228. Hypergraph Products for Structural Mechanics
  229. Symmetry and Structures
  230. A Graph Theoretical Method for Frontwidth Reduction
  231. A Mixed Method for Subdomain Generation for Parallel Processing
  232. An Algorithm for Partitioning of Finite Element Meshes
  233. Cycle Bases of Graphs for Sparse Flexibility Matrices
  234. Topological Transformations in Structural Mechanics
  235. A Hybrid Graph-Genetic Method for Domain Decomposition
  236. Optimal Design of Pantograph Foldable Structures
  237. Prediction of Strength for Concrete Specimens using Artificial Neural Networks
  238. Graph Theoretical Methods for Profile Reduction
  239. Recent Advances in the Finite Element Force Method
  240. A Graph-Theoretical Method for Decomposition in Finite Element Analysis
  241. Topological and Graph Products: Eigenproblems for Optimal Structural Analysis
  242. Buckling Load of Frames using Graph Symmetry
  243. Design of Frames using Genetic Algorithms, Force Method and Graph Theory
  244. Efficient Graph Theoretical Methods for Examining the Rigidity of Planar Trusses
  245. Canonical Forms and Graph Theory for Calculating the Eigenfrequencies of Symmetric Space Frames
  246. The Role of Algebraic Graph Theory in Structural Mechanics
  247. Graph-Theoretical Methods for Optimal Plastic Analysis and Design of Frames
  248. Algebraic and Combinatorial Graph Theory for Optimal Structural Analysis
  249. A Multi-level Finite Element Nodal Ordering using Algebraic Graph Theory
  250. An Efficient Method for Decomposition of Regular Structures using Algebraic Graph Theory
  251. Applications of Graph Products and Canonical Forms in Structural Mechanics: A Review
  252. Element Ordering for Frontwidth Optimization
  253. Topological Design of Geometrically Nonlinear Latticed Domes using Particle Swarm Ant Colony Optimization
  254. Optimum Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames using a Heuristic Particle Swarm-Ant Colony Optimization