[Beowulf] Re: Beowulf Digest, Vol 15, Issue 16

[Lombard, David N]

From: Jim Lux on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:45 PM
> 
> At 03:37 PM 5/10/2005, Lombard, David N wrote:
> >Hmm, too "big" or "flimsy" have very precise definition based on
exactly
> >the measures you describe.  Such goal functions have been in use in
the
> >various structural optimizers for years now, e.g., weight, stress
> >distributions, deflections, modal responses, &etc.
> 
> 
> True, when you have hard specifications.  The hard part is negotiating
a
> relative weight for each of these factors when doing the tradeoff, as
is
> often the case in early trade studies.
> 
> That's where the "skilled evaluator" comes in.  A person with some
years
> of
> experience can  integrate all those different factors fairly easily.

Fair comment, preliminary design has always been a tough analysis area.


-- 
David N. Lombard

My comments represent my opinions, not those of Intel Corporation.