Probabilistic Design Using Numerical Optimization.

Abstract

A FORTRAN program has been developed to allow for the use of probabilistic design methods in the numerical optimization process. The program was written as a set of subroutines for COPES (Control Program For Engineering Synthesis). COPES maximizes or minimizes a numerically defined objective function subject to a set of inequality constraints using the optimization program CONMIN (A Fortran Program for Constrained Function Minimization). The program developed here allows for the use of both the normal and lognormal distribution models. Design examples are presented to demonstrate the program capabilities. User instructions are provided for inclusion in the COPES user's manual. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA125232

Entities

People

  • James Harris Hopper Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axial Loads
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Distribution Curves
  • Engineering
  • Instructions
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Normal Density Functions
  • Normal Distribution
  • Optimization
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Schools

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computer Science.