Meta-heuristic Algorithms in Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Meta-heuristic and computing techniques are technologies that are poised to transform the way in which humans will interact with machines and the role that machines will play in all spheres of human life. On the one hand, there is the exhilaration and excitement of the immense potential of these technologies to enhance and enrich human life, and on the other hand, there is fear and apprehension of a dystopian future where machines have taken over.

These techniques are considered in a category of computer science involved in the research, design, and application of intelligent computers. Traditional methods for modeling and optimizing complex structure systems require huge amounts of computing resources, and computing-based solutions can often provide valuable alternatives for efficiently solving problems in engineering. Such techniques, due to making nonlinear and complex relationships between dependent and independent variables, can be performed in the field of engineering with a high degree of accuracy. In this way, many new intelligence models can be introduced for different applications of engineering.

The focus of this Special Issue is on the development of computational methods for solving problems in the fields of engineering. Articles submitted to this Special Issue can also be concerned with the most significant recent soft computing, optimization algorithms, hybrid intelligent systems, and their applications in engineering sciences. We invite researchers to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing research effort on applications of the meta-heuristic and computing techniques to assess/solve engineering problems.

Prof. Dr. Panagiotis G. Asteris
Dr. Danial Jahed Armaghani
Guest Editors

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