Structural Optimization Problems of the ISCSO 2011-2015: A Test Set

Date

2016-02-01

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Kazemzadeh Azad, Sina
Kazemzadeh Azad, Saeid
Hasançebi, Oğuzhan

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Beginning in 2011 an international academic contest named as International Student Competition in Structural Optimization (ISCSO) has been organized by the authors to encourage undergraduate and graduate students to solve structural engineering optimization problems. During the past events on the one hand a unique platform is provided for a fair comparison of structural optimization algorithms; and on the other hand it is attempted to draw the attention of students to the interesting and joyful aspects of dealing with optimization problems. This year, after five online events successfully held with support and help of our advisory and scientific committee members from different universities all around the world, the authors decided to gather the test problems of the ISCSO in this technical report as an optimization test set. Beside the well-known traditional benchmark instances, the provided test set might also be used for further performance evaluation of future structural optimization algorithms.

Subject Keywords

Structural optimization, Student competition, ISCSO, Truss structures, Optimization test set, Optimal design, ISCSO

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/71490

Journal

International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering

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Department of Civil Engineering, Article

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S. Kazemzadeh Azad, S. Kazemzadeh Azad, and O. Hasançebi, “Structural Optimization Problems of the ISCSO 2011-2015: A Test Set,” International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, pp. 629–638, 2016, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/71490.