MECHBench: A Set of Black-Box Optimization Benchmarks originated from Structural Mechanics
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| author | Rodríguez, Iván Olarte Santoni, Maria Laura Duddeck, Fabian Doerr, Carola Bäck, Thomas Raponi, Elena |
| author_facet | Rodríguez, Iván Olarte Santoni, Maria Laura Duddeck, Fabian Doerr, Carola Bäck, Thomas Raponi, Elena |
| contents | Benchmarking is essential for developing and evaluating black-box optimization algorithms, providing a structured means to analyze their search behavior. Its effectiveness relies on carefully selected problem sets used for evaluation. To date, most established benchmark suites for black-box optimization consist of abstract or synthetic problems that only partially capture the complexities of real-world engineering applications, thereby severely limiting the insights that can be gained for application-oriented optimization scenarios and reducing their practical impact. To close this gap, we propose a new benchmarking suite that addresses it by presenting a curated set of optimization benchmarks rooted in structural mechanics. The current implemented benchmarks are derived from vehicle crashworthiness scenarios, which inherently require the use of gradient-free algorithms due to the non-smooth, highly non-linear nature of the underlying models. Within this paper, the reader will find descriptions of the physical context of each case, the corresponding optimization problem formulations, and clear guidelines on how to employ the suite. |
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| spellingShingle | MECHBench: A Set of Black-Box Optimization Benchmarks originated from Structural Mechanics Rodríguez, Iván Olarte Santoni, Maria Laura Duddeck, Fabian Doerr, Carola Bäck, Thomas Raponi, Elena Neural and Evolutionary Computing Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science J.6; F.2.2 Benchmarking is essential for developing and evaluating black-box optimization algorithms, providing a structured means to analyze their search behavior. Its effectiveness relies on carefully selected problem sets used for evaluation. To date, most established benchmark suites for black-box optimization consist of abstract or synthetic problems that only partially capture the complexities of real-world engineering applications, thereby severely limiting the insights that can be gained for application-oriented optimization scenarios and reducing their practical impact. To close this gap, we propose a new benchmarking suite that addresses it by presenting a curated set of optimization benchmarks rooted in structural mechanics. The current implemented benchmarks are derived from vehicle crashworthiness scenarios, which inherently require the use of gradient-free algorithms due to the non-smooth, highly non-linear nature of the underlying models. Within this paper, the reader will find descriptions of the physical context of each case, the corresponding optimization problem formulations, and clear guidelines on how to employ the suite. |
| title | MECHBench: A Set of Black-Box Optimization Benchmarks originated from Structural Mechanics |
| topic | Neural and Evolutionary Computing Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science J.6; F.2.2 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10821 |