Locate the design parameters that you want to be used by the Optimizer to modify the parametric models. Parameters need to be Slider nodes. Slider nodes allow specification of a range and a resolution for the parameter, thus giving full control over the parameter space to users. The Optimizer’s GA uses the range and resolution to encode the parameter into the chromosome.
The size of the parameter space for the optimization process is
With:p.Maximumk : Slider k's Maximum propertyp.Minimumk : Slider k's Minimum propertyp.Resolutionk : Slider k's Resolution propertyk = 1 to n for the parameters in the Optimizer's Parameters input propertyn : dimensionality of the parameter space
Simple example with 6 parameters of assumed average range and resolution:
Sp = 11 * 21 * 25 * 17 * 19 * 21 = 39,171,825
When adding Slider node instances to the Parameters input property, GC will start a list when the second parameter is added. For a single parameter that in itself is not a list, it is necessary to surround the slider’s name with curly brackets { } to meet the requirement that the input is a list.