Below
you will find a series of papers, most of which are provided electronically.
Please note that these files do not generally represent the final
versions of the corresponding papers. To obtain the final versions,
you may contact the publisher directly.
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Selected
Journal and Recent Conference Publications
Mullur,
A. A., and Messac, A., “Extended Radial Basis Functions: More
Flexible and Effective Metamodeling,” AIAA Journal, (In Press).
Best Student Paper.
Khire,
R. A., Van Dessel, S., Messac, A., Mullur, A. A., “Study of Honeycomb-Type
Rigidified Inflatable Structures for Housing,” ASCE Journal of
Structural Engineering, In Press.
Messac,
A., and Van Dessel, “Design of a Thermoelectric Heat Pump Unit
for Active Building Envelope System,” Int. Journal of Heat and
Mass Transfer, In Press.
Melachrinoudis,
E., Messac, A., and Min, H., “Reconfiguring a Distribution Network:
A Physical Programming Approach,” International Journal of Production
Economics, In Press.
Melachrinoudis,
E., Messac, A., and Min, H., "Reconfiguring
a Distribution Detwork: A Physical Programming Approach,"
International Journal of Production Economics, In Press.
Mattson,
C. A. and Messac, A., "Pareto
Frontier Based Concept Selection Under Uncertainty, with Visualization,"
Springer – Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization,
Invited (refereed) Paper, OPTE: Optimization and Engineering,
Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 85-115.
Nagrath,
D., Bequette, B. W., and Cramer, S. M., and Messac, A., "Multiobjective
Optimization Strategies for Linear Gradient Chromatographic Processes,"
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, AIChE Journal, Vol.
51, 2005, pp. 511-525.
Nagrath,
D., Messac, A., Bequette, B. W., and Cramer, S. M., “Physical
Programming Based Multiobjective Optimization Strategies for Chromatographic
Processes,” AIChE J., Vol. 51, No. 2, 2005, pp. 511-525.
Messac,
A. and Mattson, C. A., "Normal
Constraint Method with Guarantee of Even Representation of Complete
Pareto Frontier," AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 10, Oct.
2004, pp. 2101-2111.
Nagrath,
D., Messac, A., Bequette, B. W., and Cramer, S. M., “A Hybrid
Model Framework for the Optimization of Preparative Chromatographic
Processes,” Biotechnology Progress, Vol. 20, No. 1, Jan-Feb 2004,
pp. 162-178.
Mattson,
C. A., Mullur, A. A., and Messac, A., "Smart
Pareto Filter: Obtaining a Minimal Representation of Multiobjective
Design Space," Engineering Optimization, Vol. 36,
No. 6, 2004, pp. 721-740.
McAllister,
C. D., Simpson, T. W., Hacker, K. Lewis, K., and Messac, A., “Integrating
Linear Physical Programming within Collaborative Optimization for
Multiobjective Multidisciplinary Design Optimization,” Structural
and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Oct. 2004.
Messac,
A., Van Dessel, S., Mullur, A. A., and Maria, A., "Optimization
of Large Scale Rigidified Inflatable Structures for Housing Using
Physical Programming," Structural and Multidisciplinary
Optimization, Journal of the International Society of Structural
and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO), Springer, Vol. 26, No.
1-2, 2004, pp. 139-151.
Messac,
A., Ismail-Yahaya, A., and Mattson, C. A., "The
Normalized Normal Constraint Method for Generating the Pareto Frontier,"
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Journal of the
International Society of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
(ISSMO), Springer, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2003, pp. 86-98.
Van
Dessel, S., Messac, A., Mullur, A. A., and Farina, A., "Feasibility
and Optimization of Rigidified Inflatable Structures for Housing,"
ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 129, No.11, 2003,
pp. 1494-1502.
Mattson,
C. A. and Messac, A., "Concept
Selection Using s-Pareto Frontiers," AIAA Journal,
Vol. 41, No. 6, 2003, pp. 1190-1204.
Patel,
M., Lewis, K. E., Maria, A., and Messac, A., "System
Design through Subsystem Selection using Physical Programming,"
AIAA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 6, 2003, pp. 1089-1096.
Maria,
A., Mattson, C. A., Ismail-Yahaya, A., and Messac, A., "Linear
Physical Programming for Production Planning Optimization,"
Engineering Optimization, Vol. 35(1), 2003, pp. 19-37.
Van
Dessel, S., Chini, A. R., and Messac, A. "Feasibility
of Rigidified Inflatable Structures for Housing," ASCE
Journal of Architectural Engineering, Vol. 9, Issue 1, March,
2003, pp. 1-10.
Messac,
A., and Mattson, C. A., "Generating
Well-Distributed Sets of Pareto Points for Engineering Design using
Physical Programming," Optimization and Engineering,
Kluwer Publishers, Vol. 3, Issue 4, December 2002, pp. 431-450.
Messac,
A., and Ismail-Yahaya, A., "Multiobjective
Robust Design using Physical Programming," Structural
and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Journal of the International
Society of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO),
Springer, Vol. 23, No. 5, 2002, pp. 357-371.
Messac,
A., Batayneh, W. M., and Ismail-Yahaya, A., "Production
Planning Optimization with Physical Programming," Engineering
Optimization, Taylor and Francis Publisher, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2002,
pp. 323-340.
Messac,
A., Martinez, M., and Simpson, T., "Effective
Product Family Design Using Physical Programming," Engineering
Optimization, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2002, pp. 245-261.
Messac,
A., Martinez, M., and Simpson, T., "Introduction
of a Product Family Penalty Function using Physical Programming,"
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 124, No. 2, 2002, pp.
164-172.
Messac,
A., and Ismail-Yahaya, A., "Required
Relationship between Objective Function and Pareto Frontier Orders:
Practical Implications," AIAA Journal, Vol. 39, No.
11, 2001, pp. 2168-2174.
Martinez,
M., Messac, A., and Rais-Rohani, M., "Manufacturability-Based
Optimization of Aircraft Structures Using Physical Programming,"
AIAA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2001, pp. 517-525.
Messac,
A., Melachrinoudis, E., Sukam, C. P., "Mathematical
and Pragmatic Perspectives of Physical Programming," AIAA
Journal, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2001, pp. 885-893.
Melachrinoudis,
E., Min, O., and Messac, A., "The
Relocation of a Manufacturing/Distribution Facility from Suply Chain
Perspectives: A Physical Programming Approach," Advances
in Management Science, Kenneth Laurence, Editor, 2000, Elsevier
Science Inc., Vol. 10, pp. 15-39.
Messac,
A., Sukam, C. P., and Melachrinoudis, E., "Aggregate
Objective Functions and Pareto Frontiers: Required Relationships and
Practical Implications," Optimization and Engineering,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, Vol. 1, 2000, pp. 171-188.
Chen,
W., Sahai, A., Messac, A., Sundararaj, G. J., "Exploration
of the Effectiveness of Physical Programming in Robust Design,"
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 122, No. 2, June 2000,
pp. 155-163.
Messac,
A., Sundararaj, J. G., Tappeta, R. V., Renaud, J. E., "Ability
of Objective Functions to Generate Points on Non-Convex Pareto Frontiers,"
AIAA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 6, June 2000, pp. 1084-1091.
Tappeta,
R. V., Renaud, J. E., Messac, A., and Sundararaj, G.J, "Interactive
Physical Programming: Tradeoff Analysis and Decision Making in Multidisciplinary
Optimization," AIAA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 2000,
pp. 917-926.
Messac,
A., and Chen, W., "The Engineering
Design Discipline: Is its Confounding Lexicon Hindering its Evolution?,"
Journal of Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis, Decision-Based
Design: Status & Promise, Vol. 3, 2000, pp. 67-83.
Messac,
A., and Chen, X., "Visualizing
the Optimization Process in Real-Time Using Physical Programming,"
Engineering Optimization, Vol 32, No. 5, May 2000.
Messac,
A., "From Dubious Construction
of Objective Functions to the Application of Physical Programming,"
AIAA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 155-163.
Wilson,
B. H., Erin, C., and Messac, A., "Optimal
Design of a Vibration Isolation Mount Using Physical Programming,"
ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control,
vol. 121, June 1999, pp. 171-178. (Only abstract is provided here).
Messac,
A., "Control-Structure Integrated
Design with Closed-Form Design Metrics Using Physical Programming,"
AIAA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 5, May 1998, pp. 855-864.
Messac,
A., and Wilson, B., "Physical
Programming for Computational Control," AIAA Journal,
Vol. 36, No. 2, Feb. 1998, pp. 219-226.
Messac,
A., and Sivanandan, A., "A New Family of Convex Splines for Data
Interpolation," Computer Aided Geometric Design, N. H.
Elsevier, Vol. 15, 1997, pp. 39-59.
Messac,
A., Gupta, S., and Akbulut, B., "Linear
Physical Programming: A New Approach to Multiple Objective Optimization,"
Transactions on Operational Research, Oct., Vol. 8, 1996, pp.
39-59.
Messac,
A., and Hattis, P., "Physical Programming Design Optimization
for High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT)," AIAA Journal of Aircraft,
Vol. 33, No. 2, March 1996, pp. 446-449.
Messac,
A., "Physical Programming: Effective
Optimization for Computational Design," AIAA Journal,
Vol. 34, No. 1, Jan. 1996, pp. 149-158. (Conference version was voted
one of 12 best of 336 papers at McDonnell Douglas ASME best paper
competition.)
Messac,
A., "Flexible-Body Dynamics
Modeling of a Vehicle Moving on the Rails of a Structure,"
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 3, May-June
1996, pp. 540-548.
Messac,
A. and Storch, J. "Evaluation of Inertial Integrals for Multibody
Dynamics," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics,
Vol. 17, No. 3, 1994, pp. 624-626.
Messac,
A., and Malek, K. "Control Structure Integrated Design,"
AIAA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 8, Aug. 1992, pp. 2124-2131.
Turner,
J. D., Messac, A., and Junkins, J. L., "Finite-Time Matrix Convolution
Integral Sensitivity Calculations", Journal of Guidance, Control
and Dynamics, Vol. 11, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1988, pp. 473-475.
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Next
are some representative recent conference articles.
Khire,
R. A., Van Dessel, S. and Messac, A., "Active
Building Envelopes: A New Solar Driven Heat Transfer Mechanism,"
19th European PV Solar Energy Conference, Paper No. 5BV.1.69, Paris,
France, June 7-11, 2004.
Maria,
A., Mattson, C. A., and Messac, A., "Multicriteria
Decision Making for Production System Conceptual Design Using s-Pareto
Frontiers," 44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural
Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2003-1442, Norfolk,
VA, April 07-10, 2003.
Mattson,
C. A., and Messac, A., "Handling
Equality Constraints in Robust Design Optimization," 44th
AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials
Conference, Paper No. AIAA 2003-1780, Norfolk, VA, April 7-10, 2003.
Mullur,
A. A., Mattson, C., A., and Messac, A., "New
Decision Matrix Based Approach to Concept Selection using Linear Physical
Programming," 44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS Structures, Structural
Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Paper No. AIAA-2003-1446, Norfolk,
Virginia, April 7 - 10, 2003.
Mullur,
A. A., Mattson, C. A., and Messac, A., "Pitfalls
of the Typical Construction of Decision Matrices for Concept Selection,"
41st Aerospace Science Meetings and Exhibits, Reno, Nevada,
Paper No. AIAA-2003-0466, January 6-9, 2003.
Mattson,
C. A. and Messac, A., "A
Non-Deterministic Approach to Concept Selection Using s-Pareto Frontiers,"
Proceedings of ASME DETC 2002, ASME 2002 Design Engineering Technical
Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference,
Design Automation Conference, DETC2002/DAC-34125, Session DAC-17:
Multiobjective Optimization, Montreal, Canada, September 29 - October
2, 2002.
Mattson,
C. A., Mullur, A. A., and Messac, A., "Minimal
Representation of Multiobjective Design Space using a Smart Pareto
Filter," 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary
Analysis and Optimization, Paper No. AIAA-2002-5458, Atlanta,
Georgia, September 4 to 6, 2002.
Mattson,
C. A. and Messac, A., "Concept
Selection in n-Dimension Using s-Pareto Frontiers and Visualization,"
9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization,
Paper No. AIAA-2002-5418, Atlanta, Georgia, September 4 to 6, 2002.
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The
four articles below were commissioned by the "Multidisciplinary
Design Optimization (MDO) Technical Committee" of the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). These articles succinctly
highlight the notable international developments in the MDO field.
Messac,
A., "Year-In-Review, Multidisciplinary
Design Optimization," Aerospace America, pp. 58-59, Dec.
1999.
Messac,
A., "Year-In-Review, Multidisciplinary
Design Optimization," Aerospace America, pp. 36, Dec. 1998.
Messac,
A., "Year-In-Review, Multidisciplinary
Design Optimization," Aerospace America, pp. 34, Dec. 1997.
Messac,
A., "Year-In-Review, Multidisciplinary
Design Optimization," Aerospace America, pp. 27, Dec. 1996.
