عنوان

Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Civil and Structural Engineering :

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9401724903

(Number (ISBN

9789401724906

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b596652

Title Proper

Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Civil and Structural Engineering :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Volume I: Optimization in Civil and Structural Engineering

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by B.H.V. Topping.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1992

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(XVI, 653 pages)

Series Title

NATO ASI series., Series E,, Applied sciences ;, 221.

Text of Note

I --; The Optimization of Civil Engineering Networks --; Fuzzy Sets Applied to Civil Engineering Systems --; Civil Engineering Optimizing and Satisficing --; Network Structuring Algorithms --; Risk Balancing Approaches --; Consistent Crudeness in System Construction --; Entropy in Civil Engineering Optimization --; An Assessment of Current Non-Linear Programming Algorithms for Structural Design Part I: Basic Algorithms --; An Assessment of Current Non-Linear Programming Algorithms for Structural Design Part II: Some Recent Approximation Methods --; Classification and Comparison of LP Formulations for the Plastic Design of Frames --; On Some Properties of Optimum Structural Topologies --; The Theorems of Structural and Geometric Variation for Engineering Structures --; Optimal Design of Large Discretized Systems by Iterative Optimality Criteria Methods --; Approximate Models for Structural Optimization --; Computer-Automated Optimal Design of Structural Steel Frameworks --; Optimal Design for Static and Dynamic Loading --; Optimal Design and Optimization of Structures --; Two-Stage Optimal Design in Concrete --; Layout Optimization in Structural Design --; Sequential Optimisation for Structural Networks and Water Supply Systems Based on Sensitivity and Reliability --; The Geometrical Analysis of Deformations Based on an Optimal Network Design and Proper Data Management Tools --; Interaction of Criteria, Accuracy and Reliability and its Implication for the Design of Engineering Survey Control Networks --; A Systems Approach to Real-Time Reservoir Operations --; Approaches to Risk Management and Operational Guidance for Municipal Water Supplies --; Optimization Modeling in Water Resources: A Sample of Applications --; Queues, Construction Operations and Optimization --; Sensitivity Analysis in Reliabilty-Based Shape Optimization --; Genetic Algorithms in Automated Structural Synthesis.

Text of Note

These volumes comprise the edited versions of the principal lectures and selected papers presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Optimization and Decision Support Systems in Civil Engineering. The Institute was held in the Department of Civil Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, from June 25th to July 6th 1989. Both volumes reflect the full range of the systems approach to civil and structural engineering problems including: structural analysis and design; water resources engineering; geotechnical engineering; transportation and environmental engineering. This system approach, discussed in the first volume, includes a number of common threads: mathematical programming, game theory, utility theory, statistical decision theory, networks, and fuzzy logic. A most important feature of this volume is the examination of similar representations of different civil engineering problems and their solutions using general systems approaches. The decision support aspect of the institute is reflected in the second volume by the knowledge-based systems and their artificial intelligence approach. Papers discussing many aspects of knowledge-based systems in civil and structural engineering are included in the second volume.

Parallel Title

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Optimization and Decision Support Systems in Civil Engineering, Edinburgh, U.K., June 25-July 6, 1989

Civil engineering.

Engineering.

Mechanics.

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edited by B.H.V. Topping.

B H V Topping

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