Configuring the Objectives

You use the Objectives tab to select the parameters that will be used as objectives during execution.

See Also
Mapping Options and Attributes to Parameters
  1. From the Flow section of the action bar, click Optimization and drop it on the process diagram.
  2. Double-click Optimization .
    The Optimization Editor appears.
  3. From the Optimization Editor, click the Objectives tab.

    The list of parameters includes all output parameters from the Optimization adapter and output parameters from the subflow adapters, if they are not mapped to any parameters in the Optimization adapter. Design variables (selected on the Variables tab) are also included.

  4. Perform the following actions, which may vary based on your design:
    1. Determine which parameters you want to use as objectives by selecting the corresponding check boxes in the first column. Alternatively, you can click Select all to add all the selected objectives (including array elements). To clear all the parameters, click Clear all.

      When a subflow parameter is selected as an objective, a corresponding parameter is created in the Optimization adapter.

    2. Click the Direction column to specify whether or not you want to minimize the objective, maximize the objective, or set a target value for the objective.
    3. If you selected target in the Direction column, set the objective’s target value in the corresponding column.
    4. Set the objective’s Scale Factor and Weight Factor in the corresponding columns.
  5. Optional: May any of the objective attributes to parameters.
  6. Click Ok to save your changes and to close the Optimization Editor.