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Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization
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- Instructors
- Prof. Olivier de Weck, Prof. Karen Willcox
- Term
- Spring 2010
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 49 other files · 5 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare IDS.338J Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization, Spring 2010, Prof. Olivier de Weck, Prof. Karen Willcox — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
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- Lecture 1 · Introduction to multidisciplinary system design optimization Download
- Lecture 2 · Problem formulation Download
- Lecture 3 · Modeling and simulation Download
- Lecture 4 · Problem decomposition Download
- Lecture 5 · Design space exploration Download
- Lecture 7 · Numerical optimization I Download
- Lecture 8 · Numerical optimization II Download
- Lecture 9 · Sensitivity analysis Download
- Lecture 10 · Simulated annealing Download
- Lecture 11 · Genetic algorithms I Download
- Lecture 12 · Genetic algorithms II Download
- Lecture 13 · Goal programming – isoperformance Download
- Lecture 14 · Multi-objective optimization I Download
- Lecture 15 · Multi-objective optimization II Download
- Lecture 16 · Post-optimality analysis Download
- Lecture 17 · Approximation methods · Lecture notes (Select slides courtesy of Theresa Robinson and Andrew March. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 18 · Robust design Guest lecturer: Dan Frey · Lecture notes (Courtesy of Dan Frey. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 19 · Design for value Download
- Lecture 21 · Design for flexibility Guest lecturer: Michel-Alexandre Cardin · Lecture notes (Courtesy of Michel-Alexandre Cardin. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 23 · Course Summary Download
Recitations
- Recitation 5 · Optimization method selection · Recitation notes Download
- Recitation 6 · How to break “robust” optimizers · Recitation notes Download
- Recitation 7 · Mixed-integer continuous problems · Recitation notes Download
- Recitation 8 · Scaling and approximation methods · Recitation notes Download
- Recitation 9 · Multiobjective optimization · Recitation notes Download
Assignments
10 files
Projects
10 files
- Wind Turbine Blade Design Optimization · Paper Download
- Wind Turbine Blade Design Optimization · Presentation Download
- Supersonic Business Jet: Design Space Exploration and… · Paper Download
- Supersonic Business Jet: Design Space Exploration and… · Presentation Download
- Barge Design Optimization · Paper Download
- Barge Design Optimization · Presentation Download
- Space Shuttle External Tank Optimization · Paper Download
- Space Shuttle External Tank Optimization · Presentation Download
- Airbag-Based Crew Impact Attenuation Systems for the Orion… · Paper Download
- Airbag-Based Crew Impact Attenuation Systems for the Orion… · Presentation Download
Other materials from this course
- This resource is a supporting file for assignments (assn02a.xls) Download
- This resource provides information related to visualization (MITESD_77S10_lec06.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information related to MDO (MITESD_77S10_lec20.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information related to engineering design process context (MITESD_77S10_lec22.pdf) Download
- Pedagogy_of_MSDO.jpg Open ↗
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Problem formulation
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Lecture 3: Modeling and simulation
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Lecture 4: Problem decomposition
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Lecture 5: Design space exploration
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Lecture 6: Visualization
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Lecture 7: Numerical optimization I
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Lecture 8: Numerical optimization II
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Lecture 9: Sensitivity analysis
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Lecture 10: Simulated annealing
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Lecture 11: Genetic algorithms I
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Lecture 12: Genetic algorithms II
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Lecture 13: Goal programming – isoperformance
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Lecture 14: Multi-objective optimization I
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Lecture 15: Multi-objective optimization II
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Lecture 16: Post-optimality analysis
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Lecture 17: Approximation methods
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Lecture 18: Robust design
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Lecture 19: Design for value
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Lecture 20: MDO at Boeing
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Lecture 21: Design for flexibility
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Lecture 22: Roots and future of MDO
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Lecture 23: Course summary
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Olivier de Weck, Prof. Karen Willcox, IDS.338J Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization, Spring 2010.
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