| SA | Simulated Annealing |
| TA | Threshold Accepting |
| OBA | Old Bachelor’s Acceptance |
| MO | Mutation Operator |
| GA | Genetic Algorithm |
| RMHF | Road Modular Hinged Frame |
| CPRF | Cast in Place Road Frame |
| DoE | Design of Experiments |
| SAMO | Simulated Annealing with Mutation Operator |
| TAMO | Threshold Accepting with Mutation Operator |
| OBMO | Old Bachelor’s Acceptance with Mutation Operator |
| ULS | Ultimate Limit State |
| SLS | Service Limit State |
| MCL | Markov Chain Length |
| CC | Cooling Coefficient |
| SC | Stopping Criterion |
| VN | Variable Number |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| CL | Chain Length |
| RC | Reduction Coefficient |
| TC | Termination Criterion |
| IC | Increase Coefficient |
| DC | Decrease Coefficient |