Emergent Computing Methods in Engineering Design Book

	Local Ecological-Like Evolutionary Computing Framework for Global Robustness	1
	Genetic Algorithms for the Design of Composite Panels	10
	A Genetic Algorithm for Structural Design Optimization	30
	Genetic Algorithms in Optimal Design of Civil Engineering Structures	54
	Genetic Search Based Hybrid Multimodal Optimization	74
	The Development of Generic Adaptive Search Tools for Engineering Design	82
	Evolution Strategy, its Parallelization and Application to Discrete Optimization Problems	104
	Some Results in Optimal Structural Damping Using a Genetic Algorithm	121
	Neural Networks for Embedded Control Designs Applied to the "Smarter Car"	136
	Conceptual Design Using Emergent Computing Techniques	150
	Role of Emergent Computing Techniques in Multidisciplinary Rotor Blade Design	162
	Salience Analysis of Mapping Samples for Multilayer Feedforward Networks	188
	Fuzzy Neural Networks for Control Design	204
	Efficient Neural Network Techniques for Discrete Optimization Problems	222
	Neural Network Based Extrapolation Strategies in Structural Analysis and Design	238
	Neural Networks for Learning and Optimization	256
	Application of the Simulated Annealing Algorithm to Structural Design	283
	Structured Multiresolution Neural Networks for Effective Processing of Signals	294
	The Graph Bi-Partitioning Problem: A Comparison of Search Methods	308
	A Unified Methodology for Model Synthesis and Recognition of 3-D Objects	317
	Summary of the Roundtable Discussion	336