Engineering design: applications of goal programming and multiple objective linear and geometric programming‡

Abstract

In this paper we show how the standard goal programming approach to engineering design can be enhanced by the use of multiple objective linear and geometric programming formulations. For simple formulations a logarithmic transformation may be adequate to allow problems to be solved using linear programming and multiple objective linear programming methods. For some more complex forms, geometric programming can be used.

Notes

‡This paper was written whilst the author was on sabbatical leave at the Department of Management Science, Imperial College of Science and Technology, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2BX.