Publications

Journal Articles

James T. Allison. 'Engineering System Co-Design with Limited Plant Redesign.' Engineering Optimization, under review. See also the 2012 conference version. (Video) (MATLAB Code)

Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, Panos Y. Papalambros, and David J. Gorsich. 'Constraint Management of Reduced Representation Variables in Decomposition-Based Design Optimization.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 133, No. 10 - Special Issue on Designing Complex Engineered Systems.

Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Decomposition-based Design Optimization of Electric Vehicle Powertrains Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition.' Invited Article, International Journal of Powertrains, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.72–92.

Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Reduced Representations of Vector-Valued Coupling Variables in Decomposition-based Design Optimization.' Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 44, No. 3, p. 379-391, September 2011.. See also the 2010 conference version.

James T. Allison and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Consistency Constraint Allocation in Augmented Lagrangian Coordination.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol 132, No. 7, 2010. See also the 2008 conference version.

James T. Allison, Michael Kokkolaras, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Optimal Partitioning and Coordination Decisions in Decomposition-based Design Optimization.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 131, No. 8, 2009. See also the 2007 conference version.

James T. Allison, Michael Kokkolaras, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'On Selecting Single-Level Formulations for Complex System Design Optimization.' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 129, No. 9, 2007.

Conference Proceedings

James T. Allison. 'Plant-Limited Co-Design of an Energy Efficient Counterbalanced Robotic Manipulator.' To appear in the Proceedings of the 2012 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, DETC2012-71108. ASME, Aug. 12–Aug. 15 2011.

James T. Allison. 'Engineering System Co-Design with Limited Plant Redesign.' In the Proceedings of the 8th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference. AIAA, Apr. 23–Apr. 26 2012. (Video) (MATLAB Code)

James T. Allison and Zhi Han. 'Co-Design of an Active Suspension Using Simultaneous Dynamic Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2011 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, DETC2011-48521. ASME, Aug. 28–Aug. 31 2011.

James T. Allison and Sam Nazari. 'Combined Plant and Controller Design Using Decomposition-Based Design Optimization and the Minimum Principle.' In the Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2010-28887. ASME, Aug. 15–Aug. 18 2010.

Erin MacDonald, Katie Whitefoot, James T. Allison, Panos Y. Papalambros, and Richard Gonzalez. 'An Investigation of Sustainability, Preference, and Profitability in Design Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2010-29055. ASME, Aug. 15–Aug. 18 2010.

Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, Panos Y. Papalambros, and David J. Gorsich. 'Constraint Management of Reduced Representation Variables in Decomposition-Based Design Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2010-28788. ASME, Aug. 15–Aug. 18 2010.

Michael J. Alexander, James T. Allison, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Reduced Representations of Vector-Valued Coupling Variables in Decomposition-Based Design Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1–5, 2009.

James T. Allison and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Consistency Constraint Allocation in Augmented Lagrangian Coordination.' In the Proceedings of the 2008 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2008-49823. ASME, Aug. 3–Aug. 6 2008.

James T. Allison, Michael Kokkolaras, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Optimal Partitioning and Coordination Decisions in Decomposition-based Design Optimization.' In the Proceedings of the 2007 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2007-34698. ASME, Sept. 4–Sept. 7 2007.

James T. Allison and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Optimal Partitioning and Coordination Decisions in System Design Using an Evolutionary Algorithm.' 7th World Conference on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, May 21–May 25 2007.

Bryon Sohns, James T. Allison, Hosam Fathy, and Jeffrey L. Stein. 'Efficient Parameterization of Large-Scale Dynamic Models Through the Use of Activity Analysis.' In the Proceedings of the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, Il, Nov 5-10 2006.

James T. Allison, Brian Roth, Michael Kokkolaras, Ilan Kroo, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'Aircraft Family Design Using Decomposition-Based Methods.' In the Proceedings of the 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept. 6-8 2006.

James T. Allison, David Walsh, Michael Kokkolaras, Panos Y. Papalambros, and Matthew Cartmell. 'Analytical Target Cascading in Aircraft Design.' In the Proceedings of the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit AIAA-2006-1326. AIAA, January 9-12 2006.

James T. Allison, Michael Kokkolaras, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'On the Impact of Coupling Strength on Complex System Optimization for Single-Level Formulations.' In the Proceedings of the 2005 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference DETC2005-84790. ASME, Sept. 24–Sept 28 2005.

James T. Allison, Michael Kokkalaras, Marc Zawislak, and Panos Y. Papalambros. 'On the Use of Analytical Target Cascading and Collaborative Optimization for Complex System Design.' In the Proceedings of the 6th World Conference on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, May 30–June 3 2005.