Optimization of coupled systems - A critical overview of approaches

Abstract

The paper identified six fundamental approaches, named by three part names referring to decomposition into levels and treatment of the variables: Single level vs multilevel optimization, System level simultaneous analysis and design vs analysis nested in optimization, discipline level simultaneous analysis and design vs analysis nested in optimization. A compact notation was introduced for these approaches to define concisely the multitude of variations that may be developed by mixing, sequencing, and composing the approaches