Design optimization is an engineering design methodology using a mathematical formulation of a design problem to support selection of the optimal design among many alternatives. Design optimization involves the following stages: [1] [2]
- Variables: Describe the design alternatives
- Objective: Elected functional combination of variables (to be maximized or minimized)
- Constraints: Combination of Variables expressed as equalities or inequalities that must be satisfied for any acceptable design alternative
- Feasibility: Values for set of variables that satisfies all constraints and minimizes/maximizes Objective.
- ^ Martins, Joaquim R. R. A.; Ning, Andrew (2021-10-01). Engineering Design Optimization (PDF). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108833417.
- ^ Papalambros, Panos Y.; Wilde, Douglass J. (2017-01-31). Principles of Optimal Design: Modeling and Computation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316867457.