GAA product family design problem.
This is a benchmark product family design problem for many-objective optimization. It includes both a model evaluation and several objective function calculations.
Citations:
T. W. Simpson, W. Chen, J. K. Allen, and F. Mistree (1996), "Conceptual design of a family of products through the use of the robust concept exploration method," in 6th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ ISSMO Symposium on Multidiciplinary Analysis and Optimization, vol. 2, pp. 1535-1545.
T. W. Simpson, B. S. D'Souza (2004), "Assessing variable levels of platform commonality within a product family using a multiobjective genetic algorithm," Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 119-130.
R. Shah, P. M. Reed, and T. W. Simpson (2011), "Many-objective evolutionary optimization and visual analytics for product family design," Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimisation for Product Design and Manufacturing, Springer, London, pp. 137-159.
M. Woodruff, T. W. Simpson, P. M. Reed (2013), "Diagnostic Analysis of Metamodels' Multivariate Dependencies and their Impacts in Many-Objective Design Optimization," Proceedings of the ASME 2013 IDETC/CIE Conference, Paper No. DETC2013-13125.