DOLPHIN ECHOLOCATION OPTIMIZATION FOR DESIGN OF CANTILEVER RETAINING WALLS

Dolphin Echolocation Optimization (DEO) is a newly developed meta-heuristic optimization method inspired from dolphin’s rules for searching their environment. In this paper, reinforced cantilever retaining walls are designed by DEO. Results show that DEO not only leads to better results in comparison to the previously utilized algorithms but also optimality curves achieved with this method provides the engineers better understanding of the design.

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