Method, system and storage medium for optimizing a product design

A system for optimizing a product design, the system comprising:

• a user interface for specifying a plurality of application parameters for the product design;
• an application module for obtaining a plurality of predetermined factors and a user-defined factor in response to said plurality of application parameters;
• said application module obtaining a plurality of predetermined responses and a user-defined response in response to said plurality of application parameters;
• a transfer function database containing a transfer function relating at least one factor to at least one response;
• an optimization modules for optimizing said transfer function in response to predetermined optimization criteria and user-defined optimization criteria to generate an optimized factor and an optimized response;
• and
• a visualization module for displaying said optimized factor and said optimized response.

A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for optimizing a product design, the storage medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of application parameters for the product design;
• obtaining a plurality of predetermined factors and a user-defined factor in response to said plurality of application parameters;
• obtaining a plurality of predetermined responses and a user-defined response in response to said plurality of application parameters;
• obtaining a transfer function relating at least one factor to at least one response;
• optimizing said transfer function in response to predetermined optimization criteria and user-defined optimization criteria to generate an optimized factor and an optimized response;
• and
• displaying said optimized factor and said optimized response.