Framework for sequential approximate optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 384-400

  Jacobs, J H ^a   Etman, L F P ^a   Van Keulen, F ^b   Rooda, J E ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Object oriented software framework; Python; Sequential approximate optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

CONSTRAINT FUNCTIONS; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKS; OPTIMAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS; PYTHONS; SEQUENTIAL APPROXIMATE OPTIMIZATIONS (SAO);

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 4043075009     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-004-0398-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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