| Article ID: | iaor1990966 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 267 |
| End Page Number: | 280 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1990 |
| Journal: | Engineering Optimization |
| Authors: | Wang Wentao |
| Keywords: | optimization, programming: dynamic, programming: integer |
This paper presents a multistage decision operator method for engineering optimization with discrete variables. By using the method, the discrete optimum design of trusses and the optimum stiffness distribution for shear-frames under a frequency constraint are solved successfully. Two examples are given in this paper; they are the optimum design of a 38-member truss and the optimum stiffness distribution of an 8-story frame.