Optimization Using Surrogate Objectives on a Helicopter Test Example

This paper presents results for a 31 variable helicopter rotor design example. Results are given for several numerical methods. This is a brief description of a portion of the Boeing/IBM/Rice University collaboration whose purpose is to develop effective numerical methods for managing the use of approximation concepts or response surface methodology in design optimization.

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