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The dimensionality and complexity of typical multidisciplinary systems hinders the use of formal optimization techniques in application to this class of problems. The use of approximations to represent the system design metrics and constraints has become vital for achieving good performance in many multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) algorithms. This paper reports recent research efforts on the use of variable fidelity response surface approximations (RSA) to drive the convergence of MDO problems using a trust region model management algorithm. The present study focuses on a comparative study of different response sampling strategies based on design of experiment (DOE) approaches within the disciplines to generate the zero order data to build the RSAs. Two MDO test problems that have complex coupling between disciplines are used to benchmark the performance of each sampling strategy. The results show that these types of variable fidelity RSAs can be effectively managed by the trust region model management strategy to drive convergence of MDO problems. It is observed that the efficiency of the optimization algorithm depends on the sampling strategy used. A comparison of the DOE approaches with those obtained using a optimization based sampling strategy (i.e. concurrent subspace optimization – CSSO) shows the DOE methodologies to be competitive with the CSSO based sampling methodology in some cases. However, the CSSO based sampling strategy was found to be, in general, more efficient in driving the optimization.
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Received March 2, 2000¶Revised manuscript received July 27, 2000
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Rodríguez, J., Pérez, V., Padmanabhan, D. et al. Sequential approximate optimization using variable fidelity response surface approximations. Struct Multidisc Optim 22, 24–34 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001580100122
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001580100122