{"id":392364,"date":"2024-11-01T07:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/why-do-i-need-to-specify-target-when-doing-moga-optimization\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T07:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:05:17","slug":"why-do-i-need-to-specify-target-when-doing-moga-optimization","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/why-do-i-need-to-specify-target-when-doing-moga-optimization\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do I need to specify target when doing MOGA optimization?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am doing MOGA optmization based on data from response surfaces. When I try to input parameters to be optimized, I am confused by the input &#8220;Target&#8221; after I specifying maximize\/minimize for my parameter.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/01-11-2024-1730444517-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why it asks me to specify target and the default value is 0? I have tested that change in Target with max\/minimize and it gives different candidate points. I thought Target here is just for &#8220;Seek Target&#8221; option.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eric&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-392364","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-design-optimization","topic-tag-optimization"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["21343","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2607:ea00:117::62"],"_btv_view_count":["244"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["392364"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["21343","58821"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["392427"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["392427"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-11-01 16:37:08"]},"test":"yu272umn-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/392364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/392364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}