Designing engineering structures using stochastic optimization methods / edited by Levent Aydin, H Seçil Artem and Selda Oterkus,

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mathematical background / Levent Aydin, H Seçil Artem and Selda Oterkus -- Stochastic optimization methods / H Irem Erten, H Arda Deveci and H Seçil Artem -- Mathematica and optimization / Melih Savran, Harun Sayi and Levent Aydin.

"The book reviews mechanical engineering design optimization using stochastic methods. It introduces students and design engineers to practical aspects of complicated mathematical optimization procedures, and outlines steps for wide range of selected engineering design problems. It shows how engineering structures are systematically designed. Many new engineering design applications based on stochastic optimization techniques in automotive, energy, military, naval, manufacturing process and fluids-heat transfer, are described in the book. For each design optimization problem described, background is provided for understanding the solutions"-- Provided by publisher.