Research Article

Determination the Number of Ants Used in ACO Algorithm via Grillage Optimization

Volume: 22 Number: 3 December 1, 2017
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Determination the Number of Ants Used in ACO Algorithm via Grillage Optimization

Abstract

Ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm is one of the artificial intelligence methods used in structural optimization. Values of some optimization parameters must be determined before the optimization process in most of the artificial intelligence based optimization algorithms. Determination of the values of these optimization parameters is essential especially for the time required for the optimization process and the quality of results achieved. Pheromone update coefficient, number of ants in the colony, number of depositing ants, penalty coefficient are the main optimization parameters in ACO algorithm. This study is focused on the number of ants in the ant colony. This research is realized using the optimization of grillage structure which is one of the well-known optimization problems in the literature. Minimization of the weight of structure is the objective function of the optimization problem, and the member size of grillages are considered as discrete design variables. Displacement and strength limitations are considered as constraints according to manual of LRFD-AISC. A computer program is coded in BASIC to accomplish the structural design and optimization procedures. Numerical examples from literature are optimized using different number of ants to determine the effect of the number of ants on the optimization process. At the end of the study, some inferences are presented on the number of ants to be used in the colony.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zekeriya Aydın
NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 1, 2017

Submission Date

March 17, 2017

Acceptance Date

December 27, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 22 Number: 3

APA
Aydın, Z. (2017). IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, 22(3), 251-262. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.298586
AMA
1.Aydın Z. IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ. UUJFE. 2017;22(3):251-262. doi:10.17482/uumfd.298586
Chicago
Aydın, Zekeriya. 2017. “IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 22 (3): 251-62. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.298586.
EndNote
Aydın Z (December 1, 2017) IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 22 3 251–262.
IEEE
[1]Z. Aydın, “IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ”, UUJFE, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 251–262, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.17482/uumfd.298586.
ISNAD
Aydın, Zekeriya. “IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 22/3 (December 1, 2017): 251-262. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.298586.
JAMA
1.Aydın Z. IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ. UUJFE. 2017;22:251–262.
MLA
Aydın, Zekeriya. “IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 3, Dec. 2017, pp. 251-62, doi:10.17482/uumfd.298586.
Vancouver
1.Zekeriya Aydın. IZGARA SİSTEMLERİN OPTİMİZASYONU ÜZERİNDEN KARINCA KOLONİ OPTİMİZASYON ALGORİTMASINDA KARINCA SAYISININ BELİRLENMESİ. UUJFE. 2017 Dec. 1;22(3):251-62. doi:10.17482/uumfd.298586

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