Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Civil and Structural Engineering -

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Sommaire:
I.- The Optimization of Civil Engineering Networks.- Fuzzy Sets Applied to Civil Engineering Systems.- Civil Engineering Optimizing and Satisficing.- Network Structuring Algorithms.- Risk Balancing Approaches.- Consistent Crudeness in System Construction.- Entropy in Civil Engineering Optimization.- An Assessment of Current Non-Linear Programming Algorithms for Structural Design Part I: Basic Algorithms.- An Assessment of Current Non-Linear Programming Algorithms for Structural Design Part II: Some Recent Approximation Methods.- Classification and Comparison of LP Formulations for the Plastic Design of Frames.- On Some Properties of Optimum Structural Topologies.- The Theorems of Structural and Geometric Variation for Engineering Structures.- Optimal Design of Large Discretized Systems by Iterative Optimality Criteria Methods.- Approximate Models for Structural Optimization.- Computer-Automated Optimal Design of Structural Steel Frameworks.- Optimal Design for Static and Dynamic Loading.- Optimal Design and Optimization of Structures.- Two-Stage Optimal Design in Concrete.- Layout Optimization in Structural Design.- Sequential Optimisation for Structural Networks and Water Supply Systems Based on Sensitivity and Reliability.- The Geometrical Analysis of Deformations Based on an Optimal Network Design and Proper Data Management Tools.- Interaction of Criteria, Accuracy and Reliability and its Implication for the Design of Engineering Survey Control Networks.- A Systems Approach to Real-Time Reservoir Operations.- Approaches to Risk Management and Operational Guidance for Municipal Water Supplies.- Optimization Modeling in Water Resources: A Sample of Applications.- Queues, Construction Operations and Optimization.- Sensitivity Analysis in Reliabilty-Based Shape Optimization.- Genetic Algorithms in Automated Structural Synthesis.