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... of inelastic material parameters. Parameter identification Particle swarm optimization Optimization techniques Genetic algorithms velocity control; boundary conditions; and convergence or stopping criteria. The recent progress on robust numerical modelling of elastic-plastic...

... through non-uniform Joule heating (Guckel et al., 1992). Topology Optimization Evolutionary method Electro-thermal actuator Compliant mechanisms Optimization techniques The SIMP interpolation scheme is mostly used for the design domain parameterization in the works stated above...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Particle swarm optimization Global convergence Surrogate models Trust‐region methods Programming and algorithm theory Optimization techniques Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a derivative‐free global optimization algorithm (Kennedy...

.... Amir Hossein Gandomi can be contacted at: a.h.gandomi@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Iterative methods Programming and algorithm theory Optimization techniques Bat algorithm Engineering optimization Metaheuristic algorithm Design optimization forms...

... of the design variables. Approximation methodologies are powerful tool to be incorporated in optimization procedures. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Surrogate models Approximation Optimization techniques Space trusses Optimum design Modelling Approximation strategies...

..., r_clmin and r_cnmin are positive numbers employed to signify limits imposed on their respective dimensions. Mechanisms Gears Mechanical drives Efficiency Optimization Compressors Kinematics Stochastic process Thermodynamics Optimization techniques In reciprocating...

... response surfaces for two quality indices, warpage and shrinkage, and then the nonlinear optimization technique is utilized to search the optimal value of each process parameter. The objectives of this research are as follows: For two quality indices, warpage and shrinkage, considered...

... into account probabilistic constraints is emphasized. Nikos D. Lagaros can be contacted at: nlagaros@central.ntua.gr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Neural nets Optimization techniques Structural design Structural engineering The primal engineering task during the design...

... of element i can be defined as: Equation 15 MEMS, Topology Optimization techniques Actuators Thermal transmission Recently, topology optimization has been successfully applied to optimize compliant mechanisms in many practical engineering design problems using finite element analysis...

.... For these direct calculations, we have used the existing options in CHEMKIN (Version 4.1) package, which are described in the following sections. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Optimization techniques Gases Reaction chemistry Heat engineering Programming and algorithm theory...

... Group Publishing Limited 2008 Experimental design Surface fitting Optimization techniques A=array of experimental design points A=database of experimental design points and corresponding function values Eⁿ=real n‐dimensional...

... solutions (Rao, 1996). Algorithms Process analysis Optimization techniques Constraint handling To test the integrated effects of these modifications, the test problems are solved again by using this self‐adaptive sharing radius algorithm along with the improvements for mutation...

... of generations. This paper utilizes this theory to identify various design classes among the population along the generations of the search. Optimization techniques Classification Programming and algorithm theory © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 A. Kaveh can be contacted at: alikaveh...

... Publishing Limited 2008 Optimization techniques Programming and algorithm theory The problem of finding the optimal facilities on a network or a directed graph as a discrete optimization problem has attracted the attentions of many research studies. The problems of this kind, which have...

... of problem‐specific information. A. Kaveh can be contacted at: alikaveh@iust.ac.ir © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Optimization techniques Programming and algorithm theory Evolutionary search methods are numerical bio‐simulation attempts to search the problem design space...

... Publishing Limited 2007 Opencast mining Optimization techniques Net present value Cut‐off grade is defined as the grade that is used to discriminate between ore and waste within a given ore body (Dagdelen, 1992, 1993). If material grade in the mineral deposit is above cut‐off grade...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Polymers Crystallization Optimization techniques Chemical kinetics The goal of this study is to apply the genetic algorithm inverse method to the determination of crystallization kinetics parameters. Starting from the Avrami model's hypotheses...

... of Reynolds hydrodynamic equation, different optimization techniques to design bearing clearance, length and selection of the lubricant viscosity. Aleksandar Marinković can be contacted at: amarinkovic@mas.bg.ac.yu E_defenergy of deformations {F}node load matrix...

... model by using Solidworks. S.M. Ko can be contacted at: sm.ko@polyu.edu.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Finite element analysis Design management Optimization techniques In new product development process, design optimization is one of the critical factors...