Engineering Computations: Volume 25 Issue 2

Ant colony optimization for finding medians of weighted graphs

A. Kaveh, P. Sharafi

Medians of a graph have many applications in engineering. Optimal locations for facility centers, distribution of centers and domain decomposition for parallel computation…

Diagnosing and revising logistic regression models: Effect on internal solitary wave propagation

Chen‐Yuan Chen, Hsien‐Chueh Peter Yang, Cheng‐Wu Chen, Tsung‐Hao Chen

This study aims to apply a systematic statistical approach, including several plot indexes, to diagnose the goodness of fit of a logistic regression model, and then to…

Decision support tool for blank selection in workshop machining processes

G. Quintana, J. Ciurana, M. L. G‐Romeu

Nowadays there is a trend in industry to optimize processes through computerization. In the field of machining, computer assistance is available to design and describe the…

The comparative body model in material and geometric nonlinear analysis of space R/C frames

Boris Trogrlic, Ante Mihanovic

This paper aims to present a new numerical model for the stability and load‐bearing capacity computation of space reinforced‐concrete (R/C) frame structures. Both material…

Determination of cable tensions based on frequency differences

Wei‐Xin Ren, Hao‐Liang Liu, Gang Chen

Owing to the cable flexibility, it is practically a lot easier to measure the high‐vibration frequencies of the cable than the fundamental vibration frequency. The…