A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)-Simplex Algorithm for Damage Identification of Delaminated Beams

<table>Illustrations of “global screening” and “local canvassing” of HOA. The dashed arrows symbolize evolution of interim global best solutions, filled polygon signifies preliminary solution, and star denotes optimal solution. (PS: particle swarm; SM: simplex method).</table>

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Figure 2: A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)-Simplex Algorithm for Damage Identification of Delaminated Beams 