Method and system for controlling a production system

A computer-implemented method for controlling a production system for producing a product optimized with respect to multiple target variables, wherein

• a) reading in a plurality of test datasets, each having a first design dataset specifying a design variant of the product, and first target values quantifying the target variables of that design variant;
• b) determining a first ranking of the first design datasets with respect to the first target values;
• c) providing multiple design evaluation modules for predicting target values on the basis of design datasets;
• d) predicting target values for each of the first design datasets by the design evaluation modules,
• e) determining for each design evaluation module
• a second ranking of the first design datasets with respect to the predicted target values,
• determining a deviation of the respective second ranking from the first ranking,
• f) selecting one design evaluation module depending on the determined deviations,
• g) generating a plurality of second design datasets, for which second target values are predicted by the selected design evaluation module;
• and
• h) depending on the second target values, deriving a target-value-optimized design dataset from the second design datasets and output to produce the product.