June 25, 07

Optimization in Design 2 1 0 6

Introduction to design, design process; problem formulation in design, design variables and constraints, Concepts in optimization, local and global optima, equality and inequality constraints and constrained optimization. Lagrange multipliers, Linear programming, Non-linear programming,Post optimality analysis, Examples of design optimization.

Jabir S.Arora, Introduction to Optimum Design, McGraw-Hill, 1989. Kalyanmoy Deb, Optimisation for Engineering Design - Algorithms & Examples, Prentice Hall of India, 1995.