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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1>Objective Function</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract"><span class = "shortdesc">The objective function defines the values to be maximized or minimized during
optimization. This function might depend on analysis results, geometric values
or combinations of those.</span>
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</p><hr class = "header"/></td></tr><tr><td class = "Intro2"><span class = "run-in">In this section:</span><br/><ul class = "ulthemes"><li><a title = "The objective function depends on the results of the finite element analysis, such as compliance, displacements, stresses, reaction forces, internal forces, eigenfrequencies, or properties of the finite element model such as material volume or nodal positions." href = "tso-c-usr-terms-objFuncOvw.htm">Objective Function Overview</a></li><li><a title = "This section deals with the minimization or maximization of the objective function." href = "tso-c-usr-terms-minMaxObjFunc.htm">Minimization or Maximization of an Objective Function</a></li><li><a title = "This section deals with multidisciplinary objective functions." href = "tso-c-usr-terms-multidiscObjFunc.htm">Multidisciplinary Objectives (Minmax and Maxmin Formulations)</a></li><li><a title = "The objective function describes the optimization target. It is a function that maps into the scalar space and is to be maximized or minimized." href = "tso-t-usr-terms-objFuncDef.htm">Defining the Objective Function</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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