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AAE 550 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
Prof. Crossley

Fall 2023

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List of Topics

This page provides a listing of the topics planned for AAE 550 along with assignments due based on the coverage of relevant topics.

Module Topics Suggested Completion Date Assignment due
(appear by content, NOT chronological)
01 Class Introduction 21 Aug 2023 Assessment 0
29 Aug 2023
02 Basic Concepts: Definitions, Optimal Design Problem Statement, Iterative Procedure, Solution Existence and Uniqueness, Kuhn-Tucker Conditions 25 Aug 2023 Homework 0
06 Sep 2023
03 Functions of One Variable - Concepts, Newton's Method, and Quadratic Fit, Golden Section Search, Matlab's fminbnd 30 Aug 2023 Assessment 1
12 Sep 2023
04 Unconstrained Functions in N Variables: First-Order Methods - Calculating Derivatives, Steepest Descent, Conjugate Direction, Variable Metric (DFP, BFGS); Second-Order Methods - Newton's Method, Variable Transformation and Scaling; Convergence Criteria, Matlab's fminunc, Excel Solver Add-in 11 Sep 2023 Assessment 2
19 Sep 2023

Homework 1
27 Sep 2023
05 Linear and Quadratic Programming: Simplex Method Excel Solver for LP, Matlab's linprog, Quadratic Programming, Matlab's quadprog 18 Sep 2023 Assessment 3
03 Oct 2023
06 Constrained Functions in N Variables - Direct Methods: Introductory Concepts, Sequential Linear Programming (SLP), Method of Centers (MoC), Generalized Reduced Gradient (GRG) , Excel Solver Add-in, Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP), Matlab's fmincon 02 Oct 2023 Assessment 4
12 Oct 2023

Homework 2
17 Oct 2023
07 Constrained Functions in N Variables - SUMT: Exterior and Interior Penalty Methods, Comparison of Penalty Methods, Constraint Scaling, Augmented Lagrange Multiplier (ALM) Method 11 Oct 2023 Assessment 5
24 Oct 2023

Homework 3
31 Oct 2023
08 Non-smooth and Global Optimization: Nelder-Mead Simplex, Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithms 30 Oct 2023 Assessment 6
07 Nov 2023

Homework 4
21 Nov 2023
09 Multiobjective Design: Pareto Optimality and Dominance, Weighted Sum, Weighted Sum, ε-Constraint (Gaming) Approach, Min-Max Approach, Goal Attainment 08 Nov 2023 Assessment 7
14 Nov 2023

Homework 5
05 Dec 2023
10 Approximation Techniques I: Basic Concepts, Derivative Based, Response Surface Methods, Least squares for Response Surface Coefficients, Design of Experiments, Global Response Surface Approximation, Sequential Response Surface Approximations 17 Nov 2023 Assessment 8
28 Nov 2023
11 Multidisciplinary Optimization Introduction: Decomposition Strategies, Multidisciplinary Feasible and All-at-Once Examples, Collaborative Optimization Example 01 Dec 2023
12 Revisiting the AAE 55000 "Toolbox" and Closing Comments 08 Dec 2023


Modified August 20, 2023