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Boundary Constraint Handling Affection on Slope Stability Analysis

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In an engineering optimization problem such as soil slope problem, each design variable has permissible solution domain. Therefore, efficiency of an optimization algorithm may be affected by the method used for keeping the solutions within the defined boundaries or boundary constraint handling method. Despite importance of selecting constraint handling approach, there aren’t adequate studies in this field. Heterogeneous slope stability optimization in the presence of a band of weak soil layer is considered as a complex geotechnical problem that requires satisfying boundary constraints. Evolutionary boundary constraint handling is one of the recently proposed methods that is very easy to implement and very effective. The present study intended to improve the optimization results by means of evolutionary boundary constraint handling scheme on slope stability optimization problem. In the current chapter five benchmark problems are analyzed using absorbing and evolutionary boundary constraint handling schemes and their results are compared to check the validity of this method. Based on achieved results optimization algorithm performance is improved by using the proposed boundary constraint handling method.

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  1. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Amir H. Gandomi

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Arak University, Arak, Iran

    Ali R. Kashani & Mehdi Mousavi

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Gandomi, A.H., Kashani, A.R., Mousavi, M. (2015). Boundary Constraint Handling Affection on Slope Stability Analysis. In: Lagaros, N., Papadrakakis, M. (eds) Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 38. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18320-6_18

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