An adaptive hybrid evolutionary firefly algorithm for shape and size optimization of truss structures with frequency constraints

This paper presents a novel adaptive hybrid evolutionary firefly algorithm (AHEFA) for shape and size optimization of truss structures under multiple frequency constraints. This algorithm is a hybridization of the differential evolution (DE) algorithm and the firefly algorithm (FA). An automatically adapted parameter is utilized to select an appropriate mutation scheme for an effective trade-off between the global and local search abilities. An...