Physical Programming: Effective Optimization for Computational Design

摘要

A new effective and computationally efficient approach for design optimization, hereby entitled physical pro- gramming, is developed. This new approach is intended to substantially reduce the computational intensity of large problems and to place the design process into a more flexible and natural framework. Knowledge of the desired attributes of the optimal design is judiciously exploited. For each attribute of interest to the designer (each criterion), regions are defined that delineate degrees of desirability: unacceptable, highly undesirable, undesir- able, tolerable, desirable, and highly desirable.