A Study on Parameters of Firefly Algorithm forTopology Optimisation of Continuum Structures – II

Volume 6 Issue 1 March - May 2017

Research Paper

A Study on Parameters of Firefly Algorithm forTopology Optimisation of Continuum Structures – II

B. Archana*, 0**, T. Muralidhara Rao***

* M.Tech Student, Department of Civil Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

** Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

*** Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Archana, B., Chandrasekhar, K.N.V., and Rao, T.M. (2017). A Study on Parameters of Firefly Algorithm for Topology Optimisation of Continuum Structures – II. i-manager’s Journal on Structural Engineering. 6(1), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.26634/jste.6.1.13476

Abstract

This paper is a continuation of the research work on Topology optimization of continuum structures using Firefly Algorithm. Tuning of parameters for meta-heuristic algorithms have been one of the emerging areas of research. The goal is to find a global minimum for an optimization problem in a d-dimensional space. Complex domains in structural engineering may require tuning of parameters to reduce the overall computational effort. In this paper, the main focus is on finding an optimum set of parameters required to perform topology optimization for a design domain. Few problems in the literature have been solved and the results were compared.