the main aim of this paper is to extend the recently developed methods for calculating the buckling loads of planar symmetric frames to include the effect of semi-rigidity of the joints. this is achieved by decomposing a symmetric model into two submodels and then healing them in such a manner that the ::::union:::: of the eigenvalues of the healed submodels result in the eigenvalues of the ent...

in recent years, the trend in solving optimization problems has been directed toward using heuristic algorithms such as neural networks, genetic and ant colony algorithms. the main reason for this trend can be attributed to the fact that these algorithms can be efficiently adjusted to the specific search space to which they are applied and consequently they can be used for many optimization pro...

Image mosaicing constructs a wide field-of-view result from multiple source frames. In order to ensure a perceptually correct result, mosaicing typically requires either a planar or near-planar scene, parallax-free camera motion between source frames, or a dense sampling of the scene. When these conditions are not satisfied, various artifacts may result. A novel mosaicing approach is introduced...

In recent years, the trend in solving optimization problems has been directed toward using heuristic algorithms such as neural networks, genetic and ant colony algorithms. The main reason for this trend can be attributed to the fact that these algorithms can be efficiently adjusted to the specific search space to which they are applied and consequently they can be used for many optimization pro...

We present a canonical frame construction for determining pro-jectively invariant indexing functions for non-algebraic smooth plane curves. These invariants are semi-local rather than global, which promotes tolerance to occlusion. Two applications are demonstrated. Firstly, we report preliminary work on building a model based recognition system for planar objects. We demonstrate that the invari...

An efficient metaheuristic optimization method called Jaya Algorithm (JA) has gained wide acceptance among researchers in various engineering problems recently. The main feature of JA is that it does not use algorithm-specific parameters and a very simple formulation based on the concept approaching best solution moving away from worst solution. This study presents for design planar steel frame...