Emergent Computing Methods in Engineering Design: Applications of Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks

Local Ecological-Like Evolutionary Computing Framework for Global Robustness.- Genetic Algorithms for the Design of Composite Panels.- A Genetic Algorithm for Structural Design Optimization.- Genetic Algorithms in Optimal Design of Civil Engineering Structures.- Genetic Search Based Hybrid Multimodal Optimization.- The Development of Generic Adaptive Search Tools for Engineering Design.- Evolution Strategy, its Parallelization and Application to Discrete Optimization Problems.- Some Results in Optimal Structural Damping Using a Genetic Algorithm.- Neural Networks for Embedded Control Designs Applied to the "Smarter Car".- Conceptual Design Using Emergent Computing Techniques.- Role of Emergent Computing Techniques in Multidisciplinary Rotor Blade Design.- Salience Analysis of Mapping Samples for Multilayer Feedforward Networks.- Fuzzy Neural Networks for Control Design.- Efficient Neural Network Techniques for Discrete Optimization Problems.- Neural Network Based Extrapolation Strategies in Structural Analysis and Design.- Neural Networks for Learning and Optimization.- Application of the Simulated Annealing Algorithm to Structural Design.- Structured Multiresolution Neural Networks for Effective Processing of Signals.- The Graph Bi-Partitioning Problem: A Comparison of Search Methods.- A Unified Methodology for Model Synthesis and Recognition of 3-D Objects.- Summary of the Roundtable Discussion.