@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7358,
	  title     = {Improved Hill Climbing and Simulated Annealing Algorithms for Size Optimization of Trusses},
	  author    = {Morteza Kazemi Torbaghan and  Seyed Mehran Kazemi and  Rahele Zhiani and  Fakhriye Hamed},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Truss optimization problem has been vastly studied
during the past 30 years and many different methods have been
proposed for this problem. Even though most of these methods
assume that the design variables are continuously valued, in reality,
the design variables of optimization problems such as cross-sectional
areas are discretely valued. In this paper, an improved hill climbing
and an improved simulated annealing algorithm have been proposed
to solve the truss optimization problem with discrete values for crosssectional
areas. Obtained results have been compared to other
methods in the literature and the comparison represents that the
proposed methods can be used more efficiently than other proposed
methods},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering},
	  volume    = {7},
	  number    = {2},
	  year      = {2013},
	  pages     = {135 - 138},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7358},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/74},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 74, 2013},
	}