13. OPTIMIZATION

CHAPTER 13 'OPTIMISATION' 3 I. Scada Pro OCP The new innovative SCADA Pro OCP software is a module of SCADA Pro and is a computational platform for the general optimization of realistic scale construction for civil engineering structural systems. The main development objective of SCADA Pro OCP is to minimize construction and material costs, resulting in the required performance, reliability, quality and safety of the structural system within an innovative technological framework. The SCADA Pro OCP module has: • Advanced and easy-to-use command interface, making the construction optimization process a one-click affair. • The possibility to select multiple criteria related to the cost of construction, such as construction costs, the cost of construction materials, environmental costs over the lifetime of the construction, etc.These criteria are used either as "Objectives" or "Constraints", which are taken into account in addition to those imposed by the regulations. • Solving the problems by selecting from a list of state-of-the-art deterministic and probabilistic numerical optimization algorithms that can replace the traditional test and correction planning process by means of an optimized solution obtained quickly. • Multiple options for defining the range of design variables and grouping them either at the section level or at the component level. • Comparison of the original design with the optimal one . OBSERVATIONS: The new innovative SCADA Pro OCP software, with the main objective of minimizing the cost of construction and material costs, offers us the possibility to re-examine our already adequate carrier, using smaller cross-sections, always consistent with the required performance, reliability, quality and safety of the structural system. With SCADA Pro OCP you can size operators that have inefficiencies in order to resolve them. In these cases SCADA Pro OCP will seek to find the most cost-effective solution that offers adequacy to the operator!