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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 102
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING
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Paper 229

Sizing Optimization of Truss Structures Using the Firefly Algorithm

S.O. Degertekin1 and L. Lamberti2

1Department of Civil Engineering,
Dicle University,Diyarbakir, Turkey
2Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management
Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
S.O. Degertekin, L. Lamberti, "Sizing Optimization of Truss Structures Using the Firefly Algorithm", in , (Editors), "Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 229, 2013. doi:10.4203/ccp.102.229
Keywords: meta-heuristic optimization, firefly algorithm, sizing optimization, truss structures.

Summary
In the study, described in this paper, the recently developed firefly algorithm (FFA) based meta-heuristic optimization method is utilized for the sizing of truss structures. The FFA solves optimization problems by mimicking the behaviour of fireflies. The efficiency of the FFA algorithm implemented in this study is tested on four classical weight minimization problems of truss structures. The optimization results are compared with those reported in the literature for other state-of-the-art meta-heuristic optimization methods. It is found that FFA can design lighter structures than other meta-heuristic methods and always converges to feasible designs.

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