FRONTIER: an Environment for Industrial MultiObjective Optimisation

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FRONTIER an Environment for Industrial
Multi-Objective Optimisation
Dave Spicer BAe MAA
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The Three Basic Tasks in Design Optimisation
Propose a new candidate design in terms of some
parameters
Use analysis tools to evaluate the merits of the
candidate design
Realise the design, i.e. create its full
geometry, etc.
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Industrial high-level requirements
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• Runtime definition requirements
• runtime definition of process sequence
• input medium
• language
• event based activity handler
• runtime choice of evaluator codes
• wrapping process done at runtime, with no coding
  by the user
• runtime definition of platforms and paths, and
  connection

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• Off the shelf components
• Current applications need to be wrapped.
• Server-based approach needed / Components may
  not be
• downloadable to the client for size or
  licencing reasons
• Assumption file-based communication between
  applications
• Platform independent
• Client and server need tool(s)/language(s) to
  cope with any
• reasonable
  server
• Client need a platform
  independent interfacing
• medium.
• Assumption platforms are capable
  of running Java

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• Distributed, wide area
• Capability needs to match the scope of the
  business
• operations addressed.
• Need multiplatform messaging standard usable on
  the web.
• Assumption platforms are IP-addressable
• Assumption inter platform communications use
  CORBA
• service calls
• Convergent with design IT developments and
  standards
• Align with sister technology areas
  (parametric solid
• modelling, assembly modelling, CAD data
  exchange)
• Converge to an object management architecture.

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• Implementation of the wrapping process
• Why not have an IDL interface for each
  application
• How much CORBA functionality is being used
• Launching of servers
• Object management services
• ORB
• No ORB
• Roles of CORBA and Java
• Security

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Platforms on which FRONTIER has been run at BAe