Research Article

A Hybrid Method for Truss Mass Minimization considering Uncertainties

Table 1

Summary of parameters for each optimization method.

GADE PSO FMA HGPS

Number of individuals200Number of individuals50Number of particles50Number of particles50Number of individuals50
Crossoverone pointWeighting ratio1.5Social constant2.01Beta1.0Social constant/cognitive constant2.01/2.01
Probability of crossover80%Crossover prob.0.8Cognitive constant2.010.1Probability of crossover80%
Probability of mutation1%Search Starting pointInertia moment0.8Gamma15Probability of mutation1%
Tolerance (successive Obj. Func., design variable)Tolerance (successive Obj. Func., design variable or mesh size)Tolerance (successive Obj. Func., design variable)Tolerance (successive Obj. Func., design variable)Tolerance (successive Obj. Func., design variable)
Maximum number of generations200Maximum number of iterations800Maximum number of iterations800Maximum number of iterations800Maximum number of iterations800