13. OPTIMIZATION

CHAPTER 13 'OPTIMISATION' 24 Where in the "Scenario" field you can specify the Analysis and Sizing scenarios to be used in the optimization. In the next section there are two convergence criteria: Max Steps : Here you can specify the maximum number of steps (iteration cycles) where there will be no improvement. Maj. No. Steps : Set the maximum number of repetitions Improvement (%) : Set the minimum percentage of improvement which is considered as a lower limit in order to achieve convergence. 1.5 Settings The two commands in this section will be activated in a later version of the program 1.6 Execution The last section contains commands concerning the execution of the optimization process and its results. 1.6.1 Execution Using this command displays the following dialog box