Super-structure and super-structure free design search space representations for a building spatial design in multi-disciplinary building optimisation

Boonstra, S.; Blom, K. van der; Hofmeyer, H.; Amor, R.; Emmerich, M.T.M. (2016)

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In multi-disciplinary building optimisation, solutions depend on the representation of the design search space, the latter being a collection of all solutions. This paper presents two design search space representations and discusses their advantages and disadvantages: The first, a super-structure approach, requires all possible solutions to be prescribed in a so-called super-structure. The second approach, super-structure free, uses dynamic data structures that offer freedom in the range of possible solutions. It is concluded that both approaches may supplement each other, if applied in a combination of optimisation methods. A method for this combination of optimisation methods is proposed. The method includes the transformation of one representation into the other and vice versa. Finally, therefore in this paper these transformations are proposed, implemented, and verified as well.

• All authors: Boonstra, S.; Blom, K. van der; Hofmeyer, H.; Amor, R.; Emmerich, M.T.M.
• Date: 2016
• Title of host publication: Electronic proceedings of the 23rd International Workshop of the European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering
• Pages: 1 - 10
• Conference: EG-ICE 2016 (23rd International Workshop of the European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering)
• Date: 2016-06-29 - 2016-07-01
• Location: Kraków, Poland