Print Email Facebook Twitter How to select MDAO workflows Title How to select MDAO workflows Author Sanchez Perez Moreno, S. (TU Delft Wind Energy) Zaaijer, M B (TU Delft Wind Energy) Date 2018 Abstract Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimisation (MDAO) workflows consist of coupled tools driven by an algorithm for a specific purpose, e.g. optimisation. MDAO users may have at their disposal a set of tools of varying levels of fidelity. As a result, many permutations or MDAO workflows may arise, for which no clear methodology exists to evaluate, compare and rank them based on their performance. Our research question is then how to find the most useful MDAO workflows for a given purpose. This paper provides a guideline for solving this multiple criteria decision analysis problem. Our guideline includes a method to define the criteria and metrics for evaluating the performance of MDAO workflows, a strategy to aggregate the scores, and an optimisation algorithm forcategorical variables used to find the best alternatives. We apply this guideline to the offshore wind farm layout optimisation problem to demonstrate its use. This case study evidenced how critical t To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:00ede5a9-7686-4c94-8d28-9424a523dda1 DOI https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-0654 Publisher American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA) Source 2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference Event AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 2018, 2018-01-08 → 2018-01-12, Kissimmee, United States Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2018 S. Sanchez Perez Moreno, M B Zaaijer Files PDF how_to_select_mdao.pdf 779.13 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:00ede5a9-7686-4c94-8d28-9424a523dda1/datastream/OBJ/view