Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a new heuristic method that has yielded promising results for solving complex optimization problems. Its advantages are a simple structure, ease of use, quality of solution, and robustness. This paper utilizes the PSO algorithm for parameter estimation of structural systems, which could be formulated as a multi-modal numerical optimization problem with high dimension. Simulation results for identifying the parameters of multiple degree-of-freedom (DOF) linear and nonlinear structural systems are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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