ENGR 489/589 Multicriteria Optimization and Design of Experiments Term 1 (Sep 07, 2011 to Dec 02, 2011) Instructor:

Abbas S. Milani, Ph.D., P.Eng. Office: EME 4203 Email: abbas.milani@ubc.ca Credits Lecture/Lab hrs and location 3 Section ENGR 489/589 Activity Lecture Days Start Time 14:00 15:30 End Time 15:30 17:30 Location ART 376 EME 2205

Mon Thu L1A &B Laboratory Tue Each section is held once every other week.

TA and office hrs Calendar description

Course TA: Ms. Michelle Fletcher (mlfletch@interchange.ubc.ca) I will also be available for your questions/concerns/suggestions on Tue 10:00-12:00 Multiple attribute decision making, multiple objective decision making/optimization, fuzzy optimization, design and analysis of physical and computer experiments, uncertainty modeling, sensitivity analysis, weighting methods, computational tools and applications in multidisciplinary design. Books: 1- D. C. Montgomery, Design and Analysis of Experiments, NY: Wiley, 2005 (or later edition) 2- K. P. Yoon and C.-L. Hwang, Multiple Attribute Decision Making: An Introduction, CA: SAGE Publications, 1995 Course binder (includes additional notes for the second part of the term). Other course notes/technical papers on WebCT Course Part 1: 25% Assignments, 25% Final 1/Midterm (open book) Course Part 2: 25% Design Assignments (some team-based), 25% Final 2 (only for undergraduate students) (open book)

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Evaluation

Technical Presentations/ Bonus Mark

Additional evaluation scheme: Each graduate student should select one of the following options and present his/her work at the end of the term. The presentation (15-20 min) will include 25% of his/her final mark. Undergraduate students may opt to do the same and it will be considered as a 10% worth bonus project. Option 1: With the help of your supervisor, define a mini-project related to your research field and apply some of the methodologies you learned in this course to improve your system/design/material/etc. Option 2: With the help of the course instructor, choose a relevant book chapter or technical paper from the literature and present it in the class. Multidisciplinary design case studies will be given priority.

Attendance and course mechanism

Students are expected to attend all lecture and lab sessions and hand in the assignments/projects on time. Given that there will be a significant amount of material to cover, you should make every effort not to miss any lecture, unless you have an acceptable reason and notify the instructor ahead of time. There will be a series of assignments that need computational tools (preferably Excel, Matlab, or C-programming). You should start working on your assignments ahead of time and during the lab sessions you can resolve your problems with your TA, before submitting each assignment. In the lab sessions, the TA will review some Excel skills that you may need for this course. To facilitate class discussions, a few videos/interview clips from different aspects of decision making in real life situations will be presented.

Main learning objectives

- Study how to conduct experiments effectively and efficiently - Evaluate alternatives in your material/product/process design - Obtain a knowledge of the optimization of engineering systems - Make successful decisions in multiple criteria domains - Be able to perform parameter estimation and basic statistical analyses - Learn about more advanced topics in the DOE and MADM fields

Classroom Policy No Laptops are allowed in the classroom unless it is absolutely necessary for taking notes. A laptop loses value in the learning environment if it becomes a distraction. Also you should pay utmost attention not to disturb your colleagues during lectures. Students who do not follow this policy will be kindly asked to leave the classroom. Academic integrity/policies http://okanagan.students.ubc.ca/calendar/index.cfm?tree=3,54,111,0

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Course outline Topics Introduction to DOE (Chapter 1) Sampling and Basic Statistical Concepts (Chapter 2) Video : Judgment and Decision Making Parameter Estimation and Analysis of Variance (Experiments with a Single Factor) (Chapter 3) Blocking Principals, Latin Squares, and Related Designs (Chapter 4) Introduction to Factorial Designs (Chapter 5) 2k Factorial Design (Chapter 6) Blocking & Confounding (Chapter 7) The 2k-p Fractional Factorial Design (Chapter 8) The 2k-p Fractional Factorial Design Contd. Orthogonal Arrays, Taguchi Robust Parameter Design Isight-FD/Structural Optimization Webinar

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Tentative Topics for Part 1 (not included in Midterm):

Experiments with Random Factors (Chapter 13); Fitting Regression Models, Response Surface Methodology, Outlier Detection (select sections of Chapters 10 and 11); Midterm/Final 1 (Tentative date: October 17) Classification of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) /Optimization Methods Weighting Methods; Imprecision; Video: The Behaving Brain Compensatory Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) Non-Compensatory MADM Methods Non-Compensatory MADM Methods Contd Fuzzy MCDM (advanced-level topic) Genetic Algorithms and MCDM (advanced-level topic) A Review of Computational Tools/ Select Advanced Topics Course Presentations

Important topic for self-study (included in the exam): Chapters 9 (textbook 1)

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Tentative Topics for Part 2 (not included in the exam):

Comparison of Scalarizing functions in Multiobjective Optimization; Analytical Network Process (ANP); Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments (DACE); Ridge Regression; Recent Extensions to MADM Models; Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Strategies

Holidays: *Monday, 10 October 2011: Thanksgiving Day. *Thursday, 10 November 2011: Term 1 mid-term break. *Friday, 11 November 2011: Remembrance Day.