Discrete Optimum Design of Truss Structures by an Improved Firefly Algorithm
ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING(2014)
Abstract
This paper presents an improved firefly algorithm (FA) for fast optimization of truss structures with discrete variables. The enhanced accelerated firefly algorithm (AFA) is a simple, but very effective modification of FA. In order to investigate the performance and robustness of the proposed algorithm, some benchmark (structural optimization) problems are solved and the results are compared with FA and other algorithms. The results show that in some test cases, AFA not only finds lighter structures compared to other algorithms, but also converges faster. In the rest test cases, the optimal solutions are found with very less computational effort. The study also shows that the proposed AFA remarkably improves stability of the firefly algorithm in discrete design of truss structures.
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Key words
truss structures,firefly algorithm,discrete variables,size optimization
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