Practical applications of design optimization

This book is dedicated to design engineers and postgraduate students who are interested in the field of design optimization. The scope is sufficiently ample to cover a range of problems solved by the application of optimization technology, which enables us to solve problems encountered in our daily engineering practice. The method is very straightforward with many figures including several computer applications to solve some of the proposed problems. Throughout the text, current techniques and some software applications are brought together. Finally, the possible future evolution of optimization is mentioned.