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Preliminaries
HYBRID OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS ORGANISED BY A. CSÉBFALVI
1	A Hybrid Method for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem with Hammock Activities O. Eliezer and G. Csébfalvi
2	A Hybrid Method for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem with Discounted Cash Flows B. Láng
3	A Hybrid Method for the Multi-Mode Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem E. Szendroi
4	A Hybrid Metaheuristic for a Bi-Objective Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem R. Levi
5	A Hybrid Method for Mixed Shaping-Sizing Optimisation Problem A. Csébfalvi
6	Structural Health Monitoring by an Auto-Configured Micro-Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm O. Begambre
SOFT COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES APPLIED TO WATER-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES ORGANISED BY I.K. NIKOLOS AND M.P. PAPADOPOULOU
7	Functional Evaluation of Pedotransfer Functions in Irrigation Scheduling H. Georgoussis, A. Moussouliotis and Ch. Babajimopoulos
8	Soft-Computing Methodologies for the Solution of Contamination Problems M.P. Papadopoulou, I.K. Nikolos and G.P. Karatzas
9	A Hybrid Optimization Scheme for solving the Hydraulic Capture Problem with an Unknown Number of Wells G.A. Gray, K. Fowler and J.D. Griffin
10	Assessing Organics Removal in Water Treatment with Data Mining and Artificial Neural Networks M. Bieroza, A. Baker and J. Bridgeman
11	Predicting the Change in Hydraulic Head of a Karstic Aquifer using Neural Networks I. Trichakis, I.K. Nikolos and G.P. Karatzas
GENETIC ALGORITHMS
12	Project Scheduling with Multiple Modes: A Genetic Algorithm based Approach J. Magalhães Mendes
13	An Adaptive Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm for Size and Shape Optimization of Truss Structures K. Koohestani and S. Kazemzadeh Azad
14	Calibrating Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Models using a Real Genetic Algorithm A.R. Awad and I. Von Poser
15	Automatic Design of Water Distribution Systems: A Comparison of Different Optimization Techniques based on Genetic Algorithms A. Doglioni, O. Giustolisi and G. Marano
16	Genetic Algorithms as a Means of Adjusting Pedestrian Dynamics Models M. Hoecker and P. Milbradt
17	The Impact of Float Loss on the Project Cost W. Lo, Y.T. Chen and W.S. Lin
18	Robust Design Optimization of Hybrid Composite Structures based on Evolutionary Speciation in Genetic Search C.A. Conceição António
EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS
19	Improving Multiobjective Optimum Design of Metallic Bar Structural Frames using the Evolutionary Algorithm DENSEA D. Greiner, J.M. Emperador, G. Winter and B. Galván
20	A Practical Methodology for Comparison of Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms J. Nosek and M. Lepš
21	Comparison of Single and Multi-Objective Curve Fitting Z. Vitingerová and M. Lepš
22	Engineering Application of Advanced Grammatical Evolution H. Iwasawa, T. Kuroda and E. Kita
23	Engineering Optimization using Opposition Based Differential Evolution M. Shakiba and B. Ahmadi-Nedushan
ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION
24	Design of High Speed Railway Bridge Piers by Ant Colony Optimization F.J. Martínez, F. González-Vidosa and A. Hospitaler
25	Topological Design of Geometrically Nonlinear Latticed Domes using Particle Swarm Ant Colony Optimization A. Kaveh and S. Talatahari
PARTICLE SWARM TECHNIQUES
26	Optimal Design of Reinforced Concrete Retaining Walls using a Swarm Intelligence Technique B. Ahmadi-Nedushan and H. Varaee
27	A Particle Swarm Optimisation Approach to Reinforced Concrete Beam Design according to AS3600 T.J. McCarthy and S. McCluskey
NEURAL NETWORKS
28	Prediction of Structural Behaviour with Recurrent Neural Networks for Fuzzy Data S. Freitag, W. Graf, M. Kaliske and J.-U. Sickert
29	The use of Artificial Neural Networks for the Estimation of the Effect of the Geology on Air Losses during Compressed Air Tunnelling R. Boubou, F. Emeriault and R. Kastner
30	Metamodeling based Structural Optimisation for Earthquake Loading E. Salajegheh and S. Gholizadeh
31	Simplified Technique for the Design of Steel Concrete Composite Beams using Artificial Neural Networks S. Chaudhary and A.K. Nagpal
32	Predictions of Hysteresis Energy Dissipation in Steel Reinforcing Bars using Artificial Neural Networks J.A. Abdalla and R.A. Hawileh
33	Hybrid Mechanical-Neural Modelling Framework of Beam-to-Column Connections J.H. Kim, J. Ghaboussi and A.S. Elnashai
CELLULAR AUTOMATA
34	Modelling of Pedestrian Movement around 90° and 180° Bends B. Steffen and A. Seyfried
35	Cellular Automata Simulation of Traffic Jams at the Merging Point of Roads Y. Wakita, T. Iguchi, H. Shimizu, T. Tamaki and E. Kita
FUZZY METHODS
36	A Possibility-based Approach for the Assessment of the Performance of Civil Engineering Works A. Talon, C. Curt and D. Boissier
37	Holistic Evaluation of the Seismic Urban Risk using Fuzzy Set Theory M.L. Carreño, O.D. Cardona and A.H. Barbat
38	Assessment of the Duration of the Use of Sanitary Appliances for Sizing of Water Submetering Systems in Multi-Family Buildings by means of Fuzzy Logic L.H. Oliveira, L.Y. Cheng, P.M.C. Massolino and C.Q. Brisighelli
39	A Fuzzy Approach to the Analysis of Natural Ventilation considering the results of Computational Fluid Dynamics L.Y. Cheng and F.K. Motezuki
40	Analysis of Morphodynamics in Coastal Zones using Spatial-Temporal Fuzzy Interpolations W. Abu Abed and P. Milbradt
41	Application of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Logic Systems for Diagnostics of Machine Tools T. Czyszpak and A. Sokolowski
42	A Fuzzy Approach for the Characterization of Local Climate in Architectural Design L.Y. Cheng, A.L.N.C. Harris, P.M.C. Massolino and C.Q. Brisighelli
FUZZY CLUSTERING
43	Estimating the Parameters of the Extreme Value Type 1 Distribution for Low Flow Series in Ireland A. Nasr and M. Bruen
OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY
44	A Decoupled Approach for Time-Variant Reliability-Based Design Optimization of Degraded Structures Y. Aoues and A. Chateauneuf
45	New Soft Computing Strategies for Design Optimization of Structures with Uncertainties A.Th. Garavelas, N.D. Lagaros and M. Papadrakakis
DATA MINING
46	Data Mining Techniques and Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Tests for the Assessment of Damage Levels in Concrete exposed to High Temperatures and subject to Compression R. Marques, L. Lourenço and J. Barros
MACHINE LEARNING
47	Machine Learning Methods in Strength Estimation of Engineering Materials M. Shakiba and B. Ahmadi-Nedushan
RISK ANALYSIS
48	Risk Analysis and Computational Simulation of Accidents P. Jelinkova, A. Bernatik and O. Sucharda
DECISION PROCESSES
49	Optimal Planning of Inspection and Maintenance by Including Epistemic Uncertainties R. Faddoul, W. Raphael, A. Chateauneuf and A. Soubra
METHODS FOR GENERATING RESPONSE SURFACES
50	Space-Filling Sequential Design Strategies for Adaptive Surrogate Modelling K. Crombecq, I. Couckuyt, D. Gorissen and T. Dhaene
51	Stochastic Subset Optimization with Response Surface Approximations for Stochastic Design A.A. Taflanidis
52	Automated Response Surface Model Generation with Sequential Design I. Couckuyt, K. Crombecq, D. Gorissen and T. Dhaene
53	Hierarchical Subset Latin Hypercube Sampling for Correlated Random Vectors M. Vorechovský
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