COPES/ADS (Control Program for Engineering Synthesis) (Automated Design Synthesis) Using the ADS Optimization Program,

Abstract

A FORTRAN COntrol Program for Engineering Synthesis (COPES) is presented for solving engineering design problems. This program uses the general-purpose optimization code ADS (Automated Design Synthesis) to provide a versatile design optimization capability. The program minimizes or maximizes a numerically defined objective function subject to a set of constraint limits. In addition to direct optimization, COPES includes approximation techniques as well as the capability to perform conventional parametric studies. Programming guidelines are presented, followed by sample input data and output for the various program options. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA148576

Entities

People

  • G. N. Vanderplaats

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • California
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Debugging
  • Engineering
  • Extrapolation
  • Interpolation
  • Linear Programming
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Optimization
  • Polynomials
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Quadratic Programming
  • Security

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Software Engineering