Nimrod/O swMATH ID: 620 Software Authors: Abramson, David; Lewis, Andrew; Peachey, Tom Description: Nimrod/O: A tool for automatic design optimisation using parallel and distributed systems. Nimrod/O (part of the Nimrod toolkit) allows a user to run an arbitrary computational model as the core of a non-linear optimization process. Nimrod/O allows a user to specify the domain and type of parameters to the model, and also a specification of which output variable is to be minimized or maximized. Accordingly, a user can formulate a question like: what parameter settings will minimize the model output?. Nimrod/O currently employs a number of built-in optimization algorithms, namely BFGS, Simplex, Divide and Conquer and Simulated Annealing. Jobs can be executed on a variety of platforms, including distributed clusters and Computational Grid resources. Nimrod/O has been used for a range of design projects including the optimal design of aerofoils, highly durable mechanical parts and high gain antennas Homepage: http://messagelab.monash.edu.au/NimrodO Related Software: MHGrid; NEOS; Globus Toolkit; Ninf-G/MPI; ASP.NET; iSIGHT; AMPL; Matlab Cited in: 3 Publications Further Publications: http://messagelab.monash.edu.au/NimrodO/Publications Standard Articles 1 Publication describing the Software, including 1 Publication in zbMATH Year Nimrod/O: A tool for automatic design optimisation using parallel and distributed systems. Zbl 0978.68776Abramson, David; Lewis, Andrew; Peachey, Tom 2000 all top 5 Cited by 10 Authors 1 Abramson, David 1 Akama, Kiyoshi 1 Cox, Simon J. D. 1 Keane, Andy J. 1 Munawar, Asim 1 Munetomo, Masaharu 1 Peachey, Tom 1 Song, Wenbin 1 Wahib, Mohamed 1 Xue, Gang Cited in 1 Serial 1 Cited in 1 Field 3 Computer science (68-XX) Citations by Year