<s>
OpenMDAO	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
high-performance	O
computing	O
platform	O
for	O
systems	O
analysis	O
and	O
multidisciplinary	O
optimization	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenMDAO	B-Application
project	O
is	O
primarily	O
focused	O
on	O
supporting	O
gradient	O
based	O
optimization	O
with	O
analytic	O
derivatives	O
to	O
allow	O
you	O
to	O
explore	O
large	O
design	O
spaces	O
with	O
hundreds	O
or	O
thousands	O
of	O
design	O
variables	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
framework	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
parallel	O
computing	O
features	O
that	O
can	O
work	O
with	O
gradient-free	O
optimization	O
,	O
mixed-integer	O
nonlinear	O
programming	O
,	O
and	O
traditional	O
design	O
space	O
exploration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenMDAO	B-Application
framework	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
linking	O
together	O
separate	O
pieces	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
combined	O
analyses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMDAO	B-Application
is	O
specifically	O
designed	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
dataflow	O
(	O
the	O
actual	O
data	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
workflow	O
(	O
what	O
code	O
is	O
run	O
when	O
)	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
optimization	O
algorithms	O
and	O
other	O
advanced	O
solution	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
OpenMDAO	B-Application
is	O
led	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
NASA	O
Glenn	O
Research	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NASA	O
’s	O
motivation	O
in	O
supporting	O
the	O
OpenMDAO	B-Application
project	O
stems	O
from	O
the	O
demands	O
of	O
unconventional	O
aircraft	O
concepts	O
like	O
Turbo-Electric	O
distributed	O
propulsion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMDAO	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
separate	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
information	O
(	O
dataflow	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
process	O
in	O
which	O
analyses	O
are	O
executed	O
(	O
workflow	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMDAO	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
web-browser-based	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
(	O
GUI	O
)	O
for	O
visual	O
construction	O
,	O
execution	O
,	O
and	O
optimization	O
of	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
