All GenOpt Technical Reports

All of the technical reports generated by the Simulation Research Group are available. However, some reports (like computer documentation) must be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). All of the non-NTIS reports are free of charge. If you do not find the report you want in PDF format, please email info@gundog.lbl.gov or fax (510) 486-4089 with your request. Report number and report title are required. Reports are usually mailed out the same day the request is received.

2004

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Building Design Optimization Using a Convergent Pattern Search Algorithm with Adaptive Precision Simulations, by Michael Wetter (Simulation Research Group, LBNL) and Elijah Polak (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley), September 2004. Energy and Buildings, 37 (2005) 603-612

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A Comparison of Deterministic and Probabilistic Optimization Algorithms for NonSmooth Simulation-Based Optimization
Michael Wetter (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Simulation Research Group, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA) and Jonathan Wright (Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK)
Building and Environment 39 (2004) 989-999

2003

pdf document	Using Whole Building Simulation Models And Optimizing Procedures To Optimize Building Envelope Design With Respect To Energy Consumption And Indoor Environment Spets Consulting Group AS, Trondheim, Norway Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.
LBNL-52629 pdf document	Generalized Pattern Search Algorithms with Adaptive Precision Function Evaluations Elijah Polak (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA) and Michael Wetter (Simulation Research Group, Building Technologies Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA). May 14, 2003
pdf document	COMPARISON OF A GENERALIZED PATTERN SEARCH AND A GENETIC ALGORITHM OPTIMIZATION METHOD, Michael Wetter (Simulation Research Group, Building Technologies Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA) and Jonathan Wright (Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK). Eighth International IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands August 11-14, 2003
pdf document	A CONVERGENT OPTIMIZATION METHOD USING PATTERN SEARCH ALGORITHMSWITH ADAPTIVE PRECISION SIMULATION, Michael Wetter (Simulation Research Group, Building Technologies Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA) and Elijah Polak (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA). Proceedings, Eighth International IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands August 11-14, 2003

2000

LBNL-48371
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GenOpt -- A Generic Optimization Program
Michael Wetter, Proc. IBPSA "Building Simulation 2001" Conference, August 13-15, 2001, Rio de Janeiro.

GO-2

User Manual

GO-1

Overview of GenOpt