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MDO: assessment and direction for advancement—an opinion of one international group

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This paper is a summary of topics presented and discussed at the 2006 European–U.S. Multidisciplinary Optimization (MDO) Colloquium in Goettingen, Germany, attended by nearly seventy professionals from academia, industry, and government. An attempt is made to accurately reflect the issues discussed by this diverse group, qualified by interest, experience, and accomplishment to present an opinion about the state-of-the-art, trends, and developments in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization. As such, its main purpose is to provide suggestions and stimulus for future research in the field. The predominant content of the colloquium was centered on aerospace, with a few contributions from the automotive industry, and this is reflected in the article. Due to the timeframe that has passed since the conclusion of the workshop, the authors have updated topics where appropriate to reflect observed developments over the past 3 years. Finally, rather than dwelling extensively on past accomplishments and current capabilities in MDO we focus on the needs and identified shortcomings from the colloquium which lead to potential future research directions. A brief MDO background is provided to set the discussion in its proper context.

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  1. Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Jeremy Agte & Olivier de Weck

  2. Research & Technology Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center, Langley, VA, USA

    Jaroslaw Sobieszczanski-Sobieski

  3. Collaborative Engineering Systems Department, NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Paul Arendsen

  4. School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Great Britain

    Alan Morris

  5. Institute of Aeroelasticity, German Aerospace Center, Goettingen, Germany

    Martin Spieck

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A previous version of this article was published as AIAA-2007-1905 and presented at the 3rd AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, April 2007

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Agte, J., de Weck, O., Sobieszczanski-Sobieski, J. et al. MDO: assessment and direction for advancement—an opinion of one international group. Struct Multidisc Optim 40, 17–33 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-009-0381-5

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