Music-Inspired Harmony Search Algorithm Theory and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Geem, Zong Woo. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 191
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Acoustics.; Engineering mathematics.; Music.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00185-7

Calculus has been used in solving many scientific and engineering problems. For optimization problems, however, the differential calculus technique sometimes has a drawback when the objective function is step-wise, discontinuous, or multi-modal, or when decision variables are discrete rather than co...

Table of Contents:

• Harmony Search as a Metaheuristic Algorithm
• Overview of Applications and Developments in the Harmony Search Algorithm
• Harmony Search Methods for Multi-Modal and Constrained Optimization
• Solving NP-Complete Problems by Harmony Search
• Harmony Search Applications in Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical Engineering
• Optimum Design of Steel Skeleton Structures
• Harmony Search Algorithms for Water and Environmental Systems
• Identification of Groundwater Parameter Structure Using Harmony Search Algorithm
• Modified Harmony Methods for Slope Stability Problems
• Harmony Search Algorithm for Transport Energy Demand Modeling
• Sound Classification in Hearing Aids by the Harmony Search Algorithm
• Harmony Search in Therapeutic Medical Physics.