<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
multidisciplinary	O
design	O
optimization	O
software	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Direct	O
Global	O
Search	O
technology	O
developed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
FEA-Opt	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
specialized	O
in	O
the	O
CAE-Based	O
optimization	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
CAE	O
(	O
computer-aided	O
engineering	O
)	O
,	O
FEA	O
(	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
)	O
,	O
CAD	B-Application
(	O
computer-aided	B-Application
design	I-Application
)	O
,	O
CFD	O
(	O
Computational	O
fluid	O
dynamics	O
)	O
and	O
automatic	O
control	O
,	O
with	O
application	O
on	O
various	O
physics	O
phenomena	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
both	O
GUI	O
and	O
scripting	O
driven	O
,	O
allowed	O
to	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
almost	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
CAD/CAE	O
and	O
in-house	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
direct	O
global	O
optimization	O
solver	O
,	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
much	O
parametric	O
study	O
and	O
tweaking	O
on	O
the	O
solver	O
parameter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
frequently	O
customized	O
as	O
the	O
push-button	O
expert	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
was	O
originated	O
in	O
1995	O
by	O
its	O
founder	O
(	O
Dr.	O
Shen-Yeh	O
Chen	O
)	O
during	O
his	O
Ph.D.	O
study	O
in	O
Civil	O
Engineering	O
Department	O
of	O
Arizona	O
State	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
1998	O
to	O
2004	O
,	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
was	O
continuously	O
developed	O
and	O
applied	O
on	O
aerospace	O
industry	O
and	O
CAE	O
consulting	O
application	O
as	O
an	O
in-house	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
FEA-Opt	O
Technology	O
signed	O
partner	O
agreement	O
with	O
both	O
ANSYS	B-Application
and	O
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
base	O
on	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
uses	O
both	O
GUI	O
and	O
scripting-based	O
interface	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
the	O
3rd	O
party	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GUI	O
includes	O
general	O
operation	O
of	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
and	O
package	O
specific	O
linking	O
interface	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
SmartLink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartlink	O
can	O
link	O
with	O
3rd	O
party	O
CAE	O
software	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
ANSYS	B-Application
Workbench	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
cross-link	O
any	O
parameters	O
in	O
ANSYS	B-Application
Workbench	O
to	O
any	O
design	O
parameters	O
in	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
,	O
such	O
as	O
design	O
variables	O
,	O
objective	O
function	O
,	O
and	O
constraints	O
,	O
and	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
will	O
usually	O
solve	O
the	O
problem	O
well	O
with	O
the	O
default	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scripting	O
interface	O
in	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
is	O
based	O
on	O
Tcl/Tk	B-Application
shell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
able	O
to	O
link	O
with	O
almost	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
3rd	O
party	O
software	O
and	O
in-house	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
comes	O
with	O
the	O
SmartScripting	O
GUI	O
,	O
for	O
generating	O
Tcl/Tk	B-Application
script	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
create	O
script	O
by	O
answering	O
questions	O
in	O
the	O
SmartScripting	O
GUI	O
,	O
and	O
SmartScripting	O
will	O
generate	O
Tcl/Tk	B-Application
scripts	O
for	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
flexible	O
scripting	O
interface	O
allows	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
to	O
be	O
customized	O
as	O
a	O
push-button	O
automatic	O
design	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
uses	O
the	O
Direct	O
Global	O
Search	O
methodology	O
to	O
achieve	O
global	O
optimization	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
Gradient-Based	O
Nonlinear	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
and	O
Genetic	B-Algorithm
Algorithm	I-Algorithm
based	O
stochastic	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
all	O
the	O
solvers	O
in	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
theoretical	O
and/or	O
coding	O
restriction	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
design	O
variables	O
and/or	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
can	O
start	O
from	O
an	O
infeasible	O
design	O
point	O
,	O
pushing	O
the	O
design	O
into	O
the	O
feasible	O
domain	O
first	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
proceed	O
with	O
optimization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
uses	O
the	O
Generalized	O
Reduced	O
Gradient	O
Method	O
and	O
the	O
Method	O
of	O
Feasible	O
Directions	O
as	O
its	O
foundation	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
constrained	O
nonlinear	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
achieve	O
global	O
search	O
capability	O
,	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
also	O
uses	O
Tunneling	B-Protocol
and	O
Hill	B-Algorithm
climbing	I-Algorithm
to	O
escape	O
from	O
the	O
local	O
minimum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
enables	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
to	O
eliminate	O
the	O
numerical	O
noise	O
caused	O
by	O
meshing	O
,	O
discretization	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
phenomena	O
during	O
numerical	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Genetic	B-Algorithm
Algorithm	I-Algorithm
in	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
founder	O
's	O
Ph.D.	O
dissertation	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
called	O
the	O
Robust	O
Genetic	B-Algorithm
Algorithms	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
there	O
are	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
design	O
variables	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Robust	O
Genetic	B-Algorithm
Algorithms	I-Algorithm
,	O
the	O
users	O
can	O
perform	O
Concurrent	O
Sizing	O
,	O
Shaping	O
and	O
Topology	O
Optimization	O
with	O
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartDO	B-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
widely	O
applied	O
on	O
the	O
industry	O
design	O
and	O
control	O
since	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
