Computer aided optimum design of structures VII

The objective of the OPTI2001Conference was to exchange ideas and experiences of the advances on optimum engineering design and to show how they could be applied to professional practices. This edition was held in May, 2001 in Bolonia, Italy. The book contains themes such as the optimization of shells, lattice structures and continuous mediums. Moreover, innovation of techniques in numerical optimization is described emphasizing genetic algorithms or disturbance methods. There were a wide range of contributions dedicated to computer codes as well as the general topics.