
258 Optimization: Algorithms and Applications
to ensure multidisciplinary feasibility. In this architecture, disci-
pline response levels are used by the system optimizer.
• RSM is an empirical model building technique in which the objec-
tive is to generate one or more outputs (responses) from a system
that has several input parameters. The empirical model is built using
simulations and experiments in which the output is computed or
measured by changing the inputs, which are also known.
• The accuracy and computational cost of constructing the response
surface is given by design of experiments (DoE).
• Full factorial and central ...