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Engineering Optimization Outline

The Engineering Optimization course at Ort Braude College of Engineering covers key concepts and methods of optimization in engineering design. It includes topics such as linear programming, non-linear optimization, nature-inspired heuristics, and multiobjective optimization. Prerequisites include Analytic Methods in Mechanical Engineering 1 and 2, and the course utilizes MATLAB tools for practical applications.

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Engineering Optimization Outline

The Engineering Optimization course at Ort Braude College of Engineering covers key concepts and methods of optimization in engineering design. It includes topics such as linear programming, non-linear optimization, nature-inspired heuristics, and multiobjective optimization. Prerequisites include Analytic Methods in Mechanical Engineering 1 and 2, and the course utilizes MATLAB tools for practical applications.

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Ort Braude College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Optimization – Course Outline


Credits: 3.0

Lecture hours: 3

Prerequisites: 23150 – Analytic Methods in Mechanical Engineering 1


23151 – Analytic Methods in Mechanical Engineering 2

Course objectives: Understanding the main concepts of optimization and the benefits in using
optimization in engineering design.
Familiarization with different optimization methods and the way they can be
used to solve various problems in the field of engineering.

Topics:

1. Classification of optimization problems


2. Conditions for local optimum
3. Linear programming and the Simplex method
4. Direct and indirect methods for unconstrained non-linear optimization problems
5. Lagrange method for solving constrained non-linear optimization problems
6. Karush Kuhn Tucker (KKT) conditions for constrained local optimum
7. Nature inspired heuristics: Genetic algorithms, Particle swarm optimization, Ant colony
optimization
8. Multiobjective optimization
9. Evolutionary algorithms for solving multiobjective optimization problems
10. MATLAB tools for solving optimization problems

Suggested literature:

1. Singiresu S. Rao, Engineering optimization theory and practice 4th edition, John Wiley and sons
Inc., 2009.
2. Revindran, A., Ragsdell, K.M., Reklaitis, G.V., Engineering Optimization, 2nd edition John Wiley
and sons Inc., 2006.
3. Goldberg D., Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning, Addison-
Wesley Professional, 1989.
4. Kalyanmoy Deb, Multi-Objective optimization using Evolutionary Algorithms, John Wiley and
sons Inc., 2001.

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