Multidisciplinary design optimization is a field of research that studies the application of
numerical optimization techniques to the design of engineering systems involving multiple …

The optimal design of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) can be formulated as a multiobjective
optimization problem that spreads over multiple levels (technology, topology, size, and …

Dynamic engineering systems are playing an increasingly important role in society,
especially as active and autonomous dynamic systems become more mature and prevalent …

Optimal design of launch vehicles is a complex problem which requires the use of specific
techniques called Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) methods. MDO …

The types of constraints encountered in black-box simulation-based optimization problems
differ significantly from those addressed in nonlinear programming. We introduce a …

The current work introduces the research activities in the field of MDO in overall aircraft
design at DLR, and introduces the ongoing EU funded research project AGILE. AGILE is …

Analytical target cascading (ATC) is a method developed originally for translating system-
level design targets to design specifications for the components that comprise the system …

The traveling salesman (or salesperson) problem, short TSP, is a problem of strong interest
to many researchers from mathematics, economics, and computer science. Manifold TSP …

We investigate surrogate-assisted strategies for global derivative-free optimization using the
mesh adaptive direct search (MADS) blackbox optimization algorithm. In particular, we build …

The need for staged design optimization for multidisciplinary systems with strong, cross-
system links and complex systems has been acknowledged in various contexts. This is …