A Comparative Study of Software Systems from the Optimization Viewpoint

Abstract

Analysis technology is widely accepted and quite popular these days. Incorporation of the analysis result into a design process is a key factor for the success of an analysis area. A few design software products have been commercialized. Generally, they are trying to make an interface between various design methods and analysis software. Optimization is a typical automatic design method. The software products of optimization are investigated and compared for user convenience and algorithm performance. A few popular products are selected. A graphical user interface (GUI) is compared for capability and efficiency. The performances of the optimization algorithms are tested by mathematical and engineering examples, and the results are discussed.