Journal article
BUILDING DESIGN USING FEEDFORWARD NON-SERIAL DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
Engineering optimization, v 3(4), pp 183-192
01 Jan 1978
Abstract
Dynamic programming is proving to be an important optimization technique used in building design. There are many design problems which prima facie do not fit the rigorous serial structure of dynamic programming. This paper describes a procedure for the solution of that class of nonserial dynamic programs which contains feedforward loops which do not intersect. The procedure condenses the various independent paths between stages by absorbing them to produce an equivalent serial structure. The method is demonstrated by solving a problem which can readily be solved by serial dynamic programming upon suitable reformulation. It is then used to design the floor-ceiling sandwich of a multi-storey building, a problem formulated with nested feedforward loops.
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- Title
- BUILDING DESIGN USING FEEDFORWARD NON-SERIAL DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
- Creators
- JOHN S. Gero - The University of SydneyPATRICK J. Sheehan - Cambridge SchoolJAMES M. Becker - Cambridge School
- Publication Details
- Engineering optimization, v 3(4), pp 183-192
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1978FU45500002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0018047440
- Other Identifier
- 991022203051704721