1. Novel approach to establish model-based development and virtual commissioning in practice

   • Martin Ahrens
   • Christoph Richter
   • Gunther Reinhart

   Original Article 05 June 2018 Pages: 741 - 754

   

2. Knowledge-based adaptive agents for manufacturing domains

   • Stefano Borgo
   • Amedeo Cesta
   • Alessandro Umbrico

   Original Article 07 August 2018 Pages: 755 - 779

   

3. An efficient hybrid of elephant herding optimization and cultural algorithm for optimal design of trusses

   • Malihe Jafari
   • Eysa Salajegheh
   • Javad Salajegheh

   Original Article 09 October 2018 Pages: 781 - 801

   

4. Local meshless method for convection dominated steady and unsteady partial differential equations

   • Vikendra Singh
   • Siraj-ul-Islam
   • R. K. Mohanty

   Original Article 11 August 2018 Pages: 803 - 812

   

5. Optimum stacking sequence design of composite laminates for maximum buckling load capacity using parameter-less optimization algorithms

   • A. Kaveh
   • A. Dadras
   • N. Geran Malek

   Original Article 16 August 2018 Pages: 813 - 832

   

6. Geometrically nonlinear analysis of elastoplastic behavior of functionally graded shells

   • Hanen Jrad
   • Jamel Mars
   • Fakhreddine Dammak

   Original Article 28 August 2018 Pages: 833 - 847

   

7. Development of GA-based models for simulating the ground vibration in mine blasting

   • Erlin Tian
   • Jianwei Zhang
   • Aygul Z. Ibatova

   Original Article 20 August 2018 Pages: 849 - 855

   

8. A three-stage damage detection method for large-scale space structures using forward substructuring approach and enhanced bat optimization algorithm

   • Ramin Ghiasi
   • Hamed Fathnejat
   • Peyman Torkzadeh

   Original Article 20 August 2018 Pages: 857 - 874

   

9. The simulation of some chemotactic bacteria patterns in liquid medium which arises in tumor growth with blow-up phenomena via a generalized smoothed particle hydrodynamics (GSPH) method

   • Mehdi Dehghan
   • Mostafa Abbaszadeh

   Original Article 30 August 2018 Pages: 875 - 892

   

10. On the numerical solution of two-dimensional integral equations using a meshless local discrete Galerkin scheme with error analysis

    • Pouria Assari

    Original Article 04 September 2018 Pages: 893 - 916

    

11. Feasibility of imperialist competitive algorithm to predict the surface settlement induced by tunneling

    • Behnam Tashayo
    • Katayoun Behzadafshar
    • Sare Sadat Taghavi Nezhad

    Original Article 07 September 2018 Pages: 917 - 923

    

12. Automatic recognition and suppression of holes on mold bases for finite element applications

    • Pei-Pu Song
    • Jiing-Yih Lai
    • Chia-Hsiang Hsu

    Original Article 05 September 2018 Pages: 925 - 944

    

13. Estimating and optimizing safety factors of retaining wall through neural network and bee colony techniques

    • Behrouz Gordan
    • Mohammadreza Koopialipoor
    • Edy Tonnizam Mohamad

    Original Article 18 September 2018 Pages: 945 - 954

    

14. A swarm intelligence-based machine learning approach for predicting soil shear strength for road construction: a case study at Trung Luong National Expressway Project (Vietnam)

    • Dieu Tien Bui
    • Nhat-Duc Hoang
    • Viet-Ha Nhu

    Original Article 15 September 2018 Pages: 955 - 965

    

15. Modification of landslide susceptibility mapping using optimized PSO-ANN technique

    • Hossein Moayedi
    • Mohammad Mehrabi
    • Biswajeet Pradhan

    Original Article 21 September 2018 Pages: 967 - 984

    

16. Applying two optimization techniques in evaluating tensile strength of granitic samples

    • A. Surendar
    • Oleg R. Kuzichkin
    • Majid Khorami

    Original Article 27 September 2018 Pages: 985 - 992

    

17. Mesh simplification accompanied by its denoising of scanned data

    • Shoichi Tsuchie

    Original Article 08 October 2018 Pages: 993 - 1008

    

18. Numerical evaluation of transient deflection and frequency responses of sandwich shell structure using higher order theory and different mechanical loadings

    • Pankaj V. Katariya
    • Subrata K. Panda

    Original Article 03 October 2018 Pages: 1009 - 1026

    

19. Rock brittleness prediction through two optimization algorithms namely particle swarm optimization and imperialism competitive algorithm

    • Azham Hussain
    • A. Surendar
    • Lubov K. Ilyashenko

    Original Article 03 October 2018 Pages: 1027 - 1035

    

20. A gravitational approach to modeling the representative volume geometry of particle-reinforced metal matrix composites

    • Yu. V. Khalevitsky
    • A. V. Konovalov

    Original Article 12 October 2018 Pages: 1037 - 1044

    

21. Modeling of thermodynamic properties of carrot product using ALO, GWO, and WOA algorithms under multi-stage semi-industrial continuous belt dryer

    • Mohammad Kaveh
    • Reza Amiri Chayjan
    • Vali Rasooli Sharabiani

    Original Article 17 October 2018 Pages: 1045 - 1058

    

22. Multi-physics bi-directional evolutionary topology optimization on GPU-architecture

    • David J. Munk
    • Timoleon Kipouros
    • Gareth A. Vio

    Original Article 16 October 2018 Pages: 1059 - 1079

    

23. Numerical solution of 2D and 3D elliptic-type interface models with regular interfaces

    • Nadeem Haider
    • Imran Aziz
    • Siraj-ul-Islam

    Original Article 19 October 2018 Pages: 1081 - 1102

    

24. Experimental and numerical investigation of bridge pier scour estimation using ANFIS and teaching–learning-based optimization methods

    • Yousef Hassanzadeh
    • Amin Jafari-Bavil-Olyaei
    • Nazila Kardan

    Original Article 19 October 2018 Pages: 1103 - 1120

    

25. Generation of multi-axis swept mesh in a global way

    • Haiyan Wu
    • Shuming Gao
    • Mao Ding

    Original Article 30 October 2018 Pages: 1121 - 1139