A detailed review of a wide range of meta-heuristic and evolutionary algorithms in a systematic manner and how they relate to engineering optimization problems

Metaheuristic optimization is a higher-level procedure or heuristic designed to find, generate, or select a heuristic (partial search algorithm) that may provid

Optimization techniques have developed into a significant area concerning industrial, economics, business, and financial systems. With the development of engine

Due to an ever-decreasing supply in raw materials and stringent constraints on conventional energy sources, demand for lightweight, efficient and low cost struc

This book discusses the application of metaheuristic algorithms in a number of important optimization problems in civil engineering. Advances in civil engineeri