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`!Engineering optimization`! `:cite-ref-edo2021-1-0[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-edo2021-1]`_`f] `:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f] is the subject which uses `F33f`_`[optimization`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Optimization]`_`f techniques to achieve design goals in `F33f`_`[engineering`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Engineering]`_`f.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]`:cite-ref-5[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-5]`_`f] It is sometimes referred to as `F33f`_`[design optimization`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Design_Optimization]`_`f.
>>Contents
• `F0af`_`[Topics`#topics]`_`f
• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f
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>>Topics
• `F33f`_`[structural design`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Structural_design]`_`f (including `F33f`_`[pressure vessel`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Pressure_vessel]`_`f design and welded beam design)
• `F33f`_`[shape optimization`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Shape_optimization]`_`f
• `F33f`_`[topology optimization`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Topology_optimization]`_`f (including `F33f`_`[airfoils`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Airfoil]`_`f)
• inverse optimization (a subset of the `F33f`_`[inverse problem`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Inverse_problem]`_`f)
• processing planning
• product designs
• electromagnetic optimization
• `F33f`_`[space mapping`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Space_mapping]`_`f
• aggressive `F33f`_`[space mapping`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Space_mapping]`_`f`:cite-ref-6[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-6]`_`f]
• yield-driven design
• optimization exploiting surrogates (`F33f`_`[surrogate model`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Surrogate_model]`_`f)
>>References
`:cite-note-edo2021-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-edo2021-1-0]`_`f `:citerefmartinsning2021`aMartins, J. R. R. A.; Ning, A. (2021). `*Engineering Design Optimization`*. Cambridge University Press. `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 978-1108833417.
`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f S. S. Rao, Engineering Optimization: Theory and Practice, Wiley, (2009)
`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f X.-S. Yang, Engineering Optimization: An Introduction with Metaheuristic Applications, Wiley, (2010).
`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f J. N. Siddall, Optimal Engineering Design, CRC Press, (1982).
`:cite-note-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-5]`_`f A.R. Parkinson, R. Balling, and J.D. Hedengren, Optimization Methods for Engineering Design, Brigham Young University, 2013.
`:cite-note-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-6]`_`f J.E. Rayas-Sanchez,"Power in simplicity with ASM: tracing the aggressive space mapping algorithm over two decades of development and engineering applications", IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 64-76, April 2016.
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