This is a 1-day classroom course covering both lectures and workshops. For virtual training, this course is covered over 3 x 2-hour sessions lectures only.
Virtual Classroom Session 1
Process integration and Graphical User Interface as the first steps towards a parameter study
- Lecture: Parametrization
- Demonstration: optiSLang Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Lecture and Demonstration: Interfaces to common solvers (Text based, Python)
- Lecture and Demonstration: Interfaces to ANSYS (Workbench plugin and Workbench node)
- Demonstration: Analytical nonlinear function (Text based + Python + Workbench)
- Workshop: Kursawe function (Python)
Virtual Classroom Session 2
Sensitivity Analysis
- Lecture: Design of experiments
- Lecture: One-dimensional correlations
- Lecture: Response Surface Method
- Lecture: Meta-model of Optimal Prognosis (MOP) and Best Practices
- Lecture: Adaptive MOP
- Lecture: Metamodel of optimal Prognosis
- Demonstration: Usage of the Sensitivity Wizard
- Lecture/ Demonstration: interpretation of a sensitivity analysis of analytical nonlinear function (Text based + Workbench)
- Workshop: Sensitivity of Kursawe function (Python)
Virtual Classroom Session 3
Optimization studies
- Lecture: Single objective, constraint optimization
- Gradient-Based Methods (e.g. NLPQL)
- Adaptive Response Surface Methods (e.g. ARSM)
- Nature-Inspired Optimization (e.g. Evolutionary Algorithm)
- Multi objective & Pareto optimization (e.g. Evolutionary Algorithm)
- Demonstration of all steps: Process integration, Sensitivity study and optimization Kursawe function (Python) with different Algorithms
- Workshop: Single Objective Optimization of Analytical nonlinear function (Text based)