In addition to the PBO Lab 2.1 current version, AccelSoft is also
introducing the PBO Lab 2.2 advanced beta release, which features
the new Optimization Module that works with the TRANSPORT and/or
TRACE 3-D Application Modules. This latest addition is one of
eight modules that are currently available to run with the PBO
Lab Basic Package.
The concept behind the Optimization Module was to develop an easy-to-use package where users do not necessarily have to possess knowledge of the detailed I/O required to run individual optimization programs. Instead, optimization problems are set up and executed graphically using intuitive GUI components. The Optimization Module features GUI components and other software elements from three optimization programs: LSSOL, NPSOL, and MINOS. LSSOL is a constrained linear least-squares and quadratic optimization program. NPSOL and MINOS are both constrained nonlinear optimization programs, but the two packages use different approaches and are applied to different types of optimization problems. Any input parameter to an optics code can be declared as an Optimization Module variable. Output parameters from the optics codes can be defined as store parameters. The store parameters may then be used to formulate the nonlinear constraints and/or merit functions for NPSOL or MINOS. More than one optics code may be included in a problem, and hierarchical problems can be formulated using the fitting/optimization capabilities of the optics codes inside the Optimization Module.
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