Compass Framework Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization (MSDO) Applications

The Compass framework manages simulation pipelines. Any simulation software can be mapped into a Compass compatible module using Compass' module template. Once-developed modules can be reused for other simulation pipelines with little additional effort. The Compass module interface is designed so that modules can communicate data between each other with the only requirement being that the data transferred is of the same data type in both modules. The Compass framework is discussed. Application of the Compass framework to multidisciplinary problems is presented.