Special Session on Swarm Intelligence in Structural and Mechanical Sciences

Overview

In the design of structural and mechanical systems, the experience of the design engineer is important in order to obtain the best design solution by considering requirements, security and economy of users. In order to find a suitable balance between these necessaries, optimization in structural and mechanical sciences is needed. Since these optimization problems are highly nonlinear, the numerical optimization methods using metaheuristic algorithms are popular in the area of science. In civil and mechanical engineering designs, the usage of swarm intelligence is effective on finding the precise optimum design variables. The aim of the special session is to bring together all academicians of civil and mechanical engineering working on swarm intelligence.

Special Session Organizers

Dr. S. Melih Nigdeli and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gebrail Bekdas
Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul University
Avcılar/Istanbul/Turkey