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Basic concepts of structural analysis and graph theory.- Optimal force method of structural analysis.- Optimal displacement method of structural analysis.- Ordering for optimal patterns of structural matrices: graph theory methods.- Ordering for optimal patterns of structural matrices: algebraic graph theory and meta-heuristic methods.- Optimal force method for FEMs: low order elements.- Optimal force method for FEMs: high order elements.- Decomposition for parallel computing: graph theory methods.- Analysis of regular structures using graph products.- Simultaneous analysis, design and optimization of structures using force method and supervised CSS.