A modified ant colony algorithm for the stacking sequence optimisation of a rectangular laminate - Wang, Wei; Guo, Shijun; Chang, Nan; Zhao, Feng; Yang, Wei (Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, 2010)
Keywords: Algorithms; Ant colony optimization; Boundary conditions; Composite structures; Computational efficiency; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Computing time; Engineering; Engineering Design; Finite element method; Genetic algorithms; Plates (structural members); Research Paper; Robustness (mathematics); Stacking sequence (composite materials); Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Laminate optimisation; Ant colony algorithm (ACA); Multi-city-layer ant colony algorithm (MCLACA)