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Oct 1, 1994

Automatic Truss Design by Optimized Growth

Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 120, Issue 10
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 120Issue 10October 1994
Pages: 3063 - 3070

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Received: Nov 12, 1992
Published online: Oct 1, 1994
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William Keith Rule, Associate Member, ASCE
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Engrg. Sci. and Mech., Univ. of Alabama, Box 870278, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

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