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 design of fuel cells is a challenging endeavour due to the multitude of physical
phenomena that need to be simultaneously optimized in order to achieve proper fuel cell …

Abstract In Dempster–Shafer evidence theory (DST) based classifier design, Dempster's
combination (DC) rule is commonly used as a multi-attribute classifier to combine evidence …

A procedure to obtain a topology of an optimal structure considering flexibility is presented.
The methodology is based on a mutual energy concept for formulation of flexibility and the …

For design problems involving computation-intensive analysis or simulation processes,
approximation models are usually introduced to reduce computation time. Most …

The growth of demand response programs and renewable generation is changing the
economics of transmission. Planners and regulators require tools to address the implications …

A common engineering practice is the use of approximation models in place of expensive
computer simulations to drive a multidisciplinary design process based on nonlinear …

To date the primary focus of most constrained approximate optimization strategies is that
application of the method should lead to improved designs. Few researchers have focused …

A topology optimization method based on the homogenization method (the homogenization
design method) has been successfully applied to a variety of optimization problems such as …

A common engineering practice is the use of approximation models in place of expensive
computer simulations to drive a multidisciplinary design process based on nonlinear …