SBIR Phase I: A Toolbox for Optimal Design

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将开发一套集成软件工具的原型，用于计算机辅助优化设计。这个工具箱需要与大规模的专有代码进行接口，以模拟物理现象。要解决的行业问题是这样的，传统的优化技术是不适用的。分布式网络中的智能搜索方法和并行计算将是需要考虑的基本工具。并介绍了最近开发的异步并行模式搜索系统的适用性。目前存在的系统需要扩展，以便引入非线性约束并解决更大维度的问题。最初的重点将放在优化结构设计、压电换能器设计和光电子器件设计上。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a prototype of an integrated set of software tools for computer aided optimal design. This tool box will require interfacing with large scale proprietary codes for the simulation of physical phenomena. The industry problems to which will be addressed are such that conventional optimization techniques are not applicable. Intelligent search methods and parallel computing in distributed networks will be the basic tools to be considered. and the applicability of a recently developed system for asynchronous parallel pattern search. The system, that exist today, needs to be extended so that nonlinear constraints can be introduced and larger dimensional problems can be solved. Initial focus will be on optimal structural design, piezoelectric transducer design and the design of optoelectronic devices.