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Area of Science:

  • Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • Physical design problems involve optimizing field outcomes by selecting physical parameters within constraints.
  • A common parameterization involves ratios of field variables, seen in photonics, diffusion systems, and control.
  • Efficiently solving these optimization problems globally is a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate that physical design problems with ratio-based parameters can be reduced to convex optimization.
  • To develop and evaluate an iterative heuristic method for solving these problems.
  • To investigate the existence of discrete, globally optimal design structures.

Main Methods:

  • Mathematical reduction of physical design problems to convex optimization problems.
  • Development of an iterative heuristic algorithm based on updating field signs.
  • Analysis of the performance of the heuristic on diffusion-type, control, and photonic design problems.

Main Results:

  • Problems where design parameters are ratios of field variables can be solved globally via convex optimization.
  • An iterative field sign updating heuristic shows practical efficiency for diffusion and control systems.
  • Globally optimal designs often exhibit a discrete structure, with parameters maximized or minimized at each point.

Conclusions:

  • Convex optimization provides an efficient solution pathway for a class of physical design problems.
  • The proposed heuristic offers a practical approach, particularly for diffusion-type and control applications.
  • The identification of discrete optimal structures simplifies the search for global optima in many physical designs.