NoLOAD: Non Linear Optimization by Automatic Differentiation

We are happy that you will use or develop the NoLOAD. It is an Open Source project located on GitLab at https://gricad-gitlab.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/design_optimization/noload It aims at solving constrained optimization problem for the design of engineering systems

Project Presentation

NoLOAD: Please have a look to NoLOAD presentation : https://noload.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

A scientific article presenting NoLOAD is available here:

Agobert Lucas, Hodencq Sacha, Delinchant Benoit, Gerbaud Laurent, Frederic Wurtz, “NoLOAD, Open Software for Optimal Design and Operation using Automatic Differentiation”, OIPE 2020, Poland, 09-2021. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03352443

Please cite us when you use NoLOAD.

NoLoad' Community

Please use the git issues system to report an error: https://gricad-gitlab.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/design_optimization/noload Otherwise you can also contact de developer team using the following email adress: benoit.delinchant@G2ELab.grenoble-inp.fr

Installation Help

You can install the library as a user or as a developer. Please follow the corresponding installation steps below.

Prerequisite

Please install Python 3.6 or later https://www.python.org/downloads/

Installation as a user

Please install NoLOAD with pip using the command prompt.

If you are admin on Windows or working on a virtual environment

pip install noload

If you want a local installation or you are not admin

pip install --user noload

If you are admin on Linux:

sudo pip install noload

Launch the examples to understand how the NoLOAD works:

python noload/01-UnconstrainedMonoObjective.py
python noload/02-ConstrainedMonoObjective.py
python noload/03-ConstrainedMultiObjective.py

Enjoy your time using NoLOAD !

Library Installation Requirements

Autograd >= 1.3 Matplotlib >= 3.0 Scipy >= 1.2 Pandas >= 1.3.5 tk >= 0.1.0 openpyxl >= 3.1.2

Main Authors:

B. DELINCHANT, L. GERBAUD, F. WURTZ

Partners:

Vesta-System: http://vesta-system.fr/

Acknowledgments:

Licence

This code is under the Apache License, Version 2.0