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Abbreviation Full Form
ADMM Alternating Directions Method of Multipliers
DDO DistributedDesignOptimizer
SSBJ Super Sonic Business Jet
FEM Finite Element Method
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics
MDO Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
AAO All-At-Once
IDF Individual Feasible
MDF Multidisciplinary Feasible
FPI Fixed Point Iteration
CO Collaborative Optimization
CSSO Concurrent SubSpace Optimization
BLISS Bi-Level Integrated System Synthesis
BLISS-2000 Bi-Level Integrated System Synthesis 2000
ATC Analytical Target Cascading
ALC Augmented Lagrangian Coordination
Consensus ALC Consensus Augmented Lagrangian Coordination
ALD Augmented Lagrangian Duality
MM Method of Multipliers
ALADIN Augmented Lagrangian based Alternating Direction Inexact Newton
KKT Karush-Kuhn-Tucker
SQP Sequential Quadratic Program
SBDP Sensitivity-based Distributed Programming
GUI Graphical User Interface
QP Quadratic Program

List of Symbols

Symbol Description Value Range
$\beta$ hyperparameter for subgradient method $[1;\infty[$
$\Box$ generalized controller optimization variable $---$
$c$ coupling constraint function $\mathbb{R}^{n_c}$
$c_h$ coupling constraint component (mapping) $\mathbb{R}^{n_h}$
$c_{h}$ coupling constraint component (mapping) $\mathbb{R}^{n_h}$
$c_z$ coupling constraint component (shared variables) $\mathbb{R}^{n_z}$
$c_{z}$ coupling constraint component (shared variables) $\mathbb{R}^{n_z}$
$c_c$ consensus constraint function $\mathbb{R}^{n_y}$
$d$ design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_d} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_d}$
$d^{*}$ optimal design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_d} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_d}$
$d_{1}$ first component of design variable $\mathbb{R}$
$d_{n_d}$ last component of design variable $\mathbb{R}$
$D$ design variable domain (non-calligraphic notation) $---$
$\mathcal{D}$ set of design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_d} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_d}$
$\epsilon_k$ tolerance hyperparameter for SBDP outerloop convergence criterion $\mathbb{R}^{+}$
$\gamma$ hyperparameter for subgradient method $]0;1[$
$h$ coupling variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_h} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_h}$
$h^{*}$ optimal coupling variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_h} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_h}$
$\mathcal{H}$ set of additional coupling design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_h} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_h}$
$H$ mapping operator $-$
$i$ subsystem index $i \in M$
$j$ neighboring subsystem index $j \in N$
$k$ outerloop iterator $\mathbb{I}_0^{+}$
$\kappa_d$ Lagrange multiplier associated with active bounds of design variable set D $\mathbb{R}^{...}$
$\kappa_g$ Lagrange multiplier associated with local inequality constraint v_g $\mathbb{R}^{n_{v_g}}$
$\kappa_h$ Lagrange multiplier associated with local equality constraint v_h $\mathbb{R}^{n_{v_h}}$
$l$ innerloop iterator $\mathbb{I}_0^{+}$
$L$ (augmented) Lagrange function $\mathbb{R}$
$\lambda$ Lagrange multiplier associated with $c$ or $c_c$ $\mathbb{R}^{n_c}$
$\lambda_h$ coordination-equality multiplier (mapped-response block) $\mathbb{R}^{n_h}$
$\lambda_z$ coordination-equality multiplier (shared-design-variable block) $\mathbb{R}^{n_z}$
$m$ index of last subsystem $M$
$M$ set of indices of subsystems $\mathbb{I}_0^{+}$
$N$ set of indices of neighboring subsystems $\mathbb{I}_0^{+}$
$n_c$ dimension of coupling constraint function $\mathbb{I}^{+}$
$n_d$ dimension of design variable $\mathbb{I}^{+}$
$n_h$ dimension of coupling variable $\mathbb{I}^{+}$
$n_x$ dimension of local design variable $\mathbb{I}^{+}$
$n_y$ dimension of auxiliary variable $\mathbb{I}^{+}$
$n_z$ dimension of shared design variable $\mathbb{I}^{+}$
$n_{v_g}$ dimension of local inequality constraint function $\mathbb{I}^{+}$
$n_{v_h}$ dimension of local equality constraint function $\mathbb{I}^{+}$
$\nu$ penalty parameter $\mathbb{R}_+$
$p$ coordination parameters in unified notation $...$
$P$ objective term for coordination $...$
$Q$ constraint term for coordination $...$
$Q^{\leq}$ inequality constraint term for coordination $...$
$Q^{=}$ equality constraint term for coordination $...$
$r$ local response function $\mathbb{R}$
$s$ penalty parameter $\mathbb{R}^{n_c}$
$S$ selector matrix to retrieve ${}^ix,\:{}^i_jz,\:{}^i_jh$ from ${}^id$ $---$
$S_z$ selector matrix for shared design variables $---$
$S_{z}$ selector matrix for shared design variables $---$
$S_{h}$ selector matrix for coupling variables $---$
$\Sigma$ positive definite scaling matrix $\mathbb{R}^{n_d}$
$\tau$ slack variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_c}$
$u$ coupling information in unified notation $...$
$v_f$ local objective function $\mathbb{R}$
$v_g$ local inequality constraint function $\mathbb{R}^{n_g}$
$v_h$ local equality constraint function $\mathbb{R}^{n_h}$
$v_D$ local box constraint function on design variables $---$
$v_{\mathcal{D}}$ local box inequality constraint function $---$
$x$ local design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_x} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_x}$
$x^{*}$ optimal local design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_x} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_x}$
$\mathcal{X}$ set of local design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_x} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_x}$
$y$ auxiliary variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_y}$
$z$ shared design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_z} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_z}$
$z^{*}$ optimal shared design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_z} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_z}$
$z_{\{i,j\}}$ condensed shared design variable between subsystems $i$ and $j$ $\mathbb{R}^{n_z} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_z}$
$z_{\{i,j\}}^{*}$ optimal condensed shared design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_z} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_z}$
$z_{\{0,j\}}$ condensed shared design variable between subsystem 0 and $j$ $\mathbb{R}^{n_z} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_z}$
$z_{\{m,j\}}$ condensed shared design variable between subsystem $m$ and $j$ $\mathbb{R}^{n_z} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_z}$
$z_{t}$ target shared design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_z} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_z}$
$\mathcal{Z}$ set of shared design variable $\mathbb{R}^{n_z} \times \mathbb{C}^{n_z}$