This literature survey concerns the application of optimization techniques to cable-stayed bridges. A search within the Web of Science and Scopus electronic databases was conducted, complemented by a hand search. From a total of 155 articles, 90 were chosen for a detailed review. The search results are summarized, highlighting the procedures, the main conclusions and contributions of each work.

The optimization of the cable forces distribution and the optimum design through cost minimization is present in 80% of the publications. In the last decade, optimization algorithms were used for a wide range of applications, such as, the design of hybrid fiber reinforced polymeric deck and cables, structural health monitoring, assessment and identification of existing bridges, design and location of passive and active control devices to improve the dynamic performance.

The detailed analysis showed that the optimization of footbridges, long-span bridges and multi-span bridges with innovative cable arrangements like crossing-cables are attracting the interest of researchers. Moreover, the optimization taking into account the wind action, the seismic action and other dynamic effects are areas of major concern in future developments.

该文献调查涉及优化技术在斜拉桥中的应用。在Web of Science和Scopus电子数据库中进行了搜索，并进行了手工搜索。从总共155篇文章中，选择90篇进行详细审查。总结了搜索结果，突出了每个程序的步骤，主要结论和贡献。

80％的出版物中都提出了通过降低成本来优化电缆力分布和优化设计的方法。在过去的十年中，优化算法被广泛应用于各种应用中，例如混合纤维增强聚合物甲板和电缆的设计，结构健康监测，现有桥梁的评估和识别，无源和有源控制设备的设计和位置改善动态性能。

详细的分析表明，具有创新性电缆布置（例如交叉电缆）的人行桥，大跨度桥梁和多跨度桥梁的优化正在引起研究人员的兴趣。而且，考虑到风作用，地震作用和其他动力影响的优化是未来发展中主要关注的领域。