Promotie

Multi-Objective Mixed-Integer Evolutionary Algorithms for Building Spatial Design

Koen van der Blom

Datum: woensdag 11 december 2019
Tijd: 10:00 - 10:45 uur
Locatie: Academiegebouw
Rapenburg 73
2311 GJ Leiden

Samenvatting

Buildings consume many resources, both during construction and during their lifetime. By optimising the design of a building, both of these expenditures can be reduced. In this case the aim is to optimise a building spatial design. That is, the design of the exterior shape of a building as well as the internal division into different rooms. Reducing the resource requirements for construction can be achieved by minimising the strain on the structure of the building. The energy consumption during the buildings’ lifetime can be reduced by minimising the energy used for heating and cooling.

Since there are endlessly many possible alternative spatial designs, evolutionary algorithms are used to efficiently search through the many options for some good solutions. However, there is another problem. When we minimise the strain on the structure this leads to very different solutions than when minimising the energy consumption. Unfortunately, neither of these solutions are well balanced. To find balanced solutions that perform well in both, multi-objective optimisation is used. By providing a building engineer with a few high-quality solutions, that each strike a different balance between the two objectives, the engineer can choose which design best suits the needs of this particular building.

The algorithms presented in this thesis stand out by tackling multiple optimisation challenges at once. Firstly, multi-objective problems are considered. Secondly, constraints are handled in order to ensure feasible designs. Finally, the use of mixed variables makes it possible to search through both whole numbers, fractional numbers, and categorical values.

Promotoren

Dr. M.T.M. Emmerich
Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck

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Maarten Muns, adviseur wetenschapscommunicatie Universiteit Leiden
m.a.muns@bb.leidenuniv.nl
071 527 3282