Blackbox optimization deals with situations in which the objective function and constraints are typically computed by launching a time-consuming computer ...

Typical challenges of simulation-based design optimization include unavailable gradients and unreliable approximations thereof, expensive function evaluation...

This work introduces the use of the treed Gaussian process (TGP) as a surrogate model within the mesh adaptive direct search (MADS) framework for constrain...

The Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) class of algorithms is designed for nonsmooth optimization, where the objective function and constraints are typical...

We present ACRE, an Automatic aspeCt cREator, to use aspect-oriented programming to test multi-platform software programs written in C++. ACRE allows devel...

We consider derivative-free optimization, and in particular black box optimization, where the functions to minimize and the functions representing the con...

Accurate measurements of snow water equivalent (SWE) is an important factor in managing water resources for hydroelectric power generation. SWE over a catchm...

During alloy and process design, it is often desired to identify regions of design or process variables for which certain calculated functions have optimal v...

The present paper describes the coupling of the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithm with the FactSage thermochemical software, which allows to calcu...

The paper proposes a framework for sensitivity analyses of blackbox constrained optimization problems for which Lagrange multipliers are not available. Two s...

NOMAD is software that implements the MADS algorithm (Mesh Adaptive Direct Search) for black-box optimization under general nonlinear constraints. Black-box ...

This work analyzes constrained black box optimization in which the functions defining the problem are periodic with respect to some or all the variables. We ...

<p>The class of Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithms is designed for the optimization of constrained black-box problems. The purpose of this paper i...

We consider one of the most important issues for multinationals, the determination of transfer prices. To do so, we examine the example of a multinational co...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new way of choosing directions for the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) class of algorithms. The advantages of...

This paper describes a Parallel Space Decomposition (PSD) technique for the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithm. MADS extends Generalized Pattern ...

This paper proposes a way to combine the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithm, which extends the Generalized Pattern Search (GPS) algorithm, with th...

We present an exact algorithm and three applications of nonconvex quadratically constrained quadratic programming. First, we consider the pooling problem fro...

The pooling problem, which is fundamental to the petroleum industry, describes a situation where products possessing different attribute qualities are mixed...