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  • Text Problem Catalog
    • 3D-Printable Wind Turbine Tower
    • Drinking Fountain for a Public Park
    • Accessible Drinking Fountain (Derivative)
    • Antarctica Immersive Museum
    • Apartment Cooling Problem
    • Architect’s Office Layout
    • Autonomous Surveillance Vehicle
    • Balloon-Powered Car Customization
    • Bicycle Safety Lock
    • Biopsy Needle Stabilizer
    • Burrito Making Device
    • Campus Self-Sufficient Eating Area
    • Car-Mounted Bicycle Rack
    • Free-Standing Cardboard Tower
    • Chocolate Packaging for Fancy Candies
    • Coconut Harvesting Assist
    • Collaborative Study Space
    • Control-It Interface Controller
    • Dark-Hour Safety
    • Delivery Truck Route Efficiency
    • Dexterous Aerial Manipulation
    • Disposable Spill-Proof Coffee Cup
    • Electric Toothbrush Portability Redesign
    • Emergency Blackout Household Power
    • Entryway Track Removal
    • Expo-Shanghai Pavilion
    • Flexible Fire Station Deployment
    • Forest Fire Detection in Local Forests
    • Goofy Gopher Golf-Ball Collection
    • Guidewire Safety
    • Guidewire Threading Assist
    • Handle-It Handheld Object
    • Hands-Free Smartphone Viewing
    • Alarm Clock for the Hearing Impaired
    • Hearing Impairment Group Conversations
    • High-Rise Cohousing Redevelopment
    • Hoist Chain Spill Prevention
    • Home Energy Conservation
    • Hospital Blood Pressure Measurement
    • Household Moving Support
    • Multi-compartment Disposal Unit for Household Waste
    • Energy from Human Motion
    • Human Motion Energy for Rural Communities
    • Injured Athlete Campus Mobility
    • Interactive Parking Meter Kiosk
    • Joint Immobilization Device
    • Mountain-TREK Joint Immobilization
    • Lego-Block Scrapyard Collection
    • Lifting Water Challenge
    • Line-Following Teddy-Bear Vehicle
    • Long-range DTSS Inspection
    • Marshmallow Support Tower
    • Corn Shucker for Mass Production
    • Measure the Passage of Time
    • Room-Based Time Measurement
    • Measuring Cup for Blind Users
    • Measuring Cup for Blind Users (Original)
    • Medication Syringe Redesign
    • Milk Frothing Device
    • Milk Frothing Product
    • Milk Frothing Product (Original)
    • Motorized Can Crusher
    • Neighborhood Social Connection
    • Neonatal Health Monitor
    • Next-Generation Garbage Picker
    • Next-Generation Public Transportation
    • Quarter Object Deposition Challenge
    • Office Coffee Machine PSS Redesign
    • Office Sit-Stand Table
    • One-Handed Lidded Container Opening
    • One-Handed Lidded Container Opening (Framework)
    • Orange Juice Extraction Device
    • Orange Juice Extraction Device With Quantitative Requirements
    • Out-of-Reach Book Retrieval
    • Out-of-Reach Book Retrieval (Original)
    • Outdoor Toy for Ages 5-8
    • Parallel Tube Wall Mount
    • Peanut Shelling without Electricity
    • Peanut Shelling Machine With 50 kg/h Throughput
    • Device to shell peanuts
    • Peanut Shelling Machine for Haiti and West Africa
    • Peanut Shelling (Root Study)
    • Personal Alarm Clock
    • Future Personal Entertainment System
    • Pittsadelphia Freight Shipping System
    • Portable Barbecue Design
    • Powdered Surface Coating Device
    • Powder Dispersal (Domain-Specific)
    • Powder Dispersal (General)
    • Public Belongings Security
    • Public Place Belongings Securer
    • Construction Ecosystem Impact
    • Remote Village Rainwater Access
    • Remote Village Rainwater Access (Framework)
    • School Cafe Design
    • Shot Buddy Basketball Return
    • Shoulder Dislocation Reduction Aid
    • Single-Use Plastic Reduction in Omaha
    • Small Towel Folding Device
    • Small Towel Folding (Root Case Study)
    • Snow Transport for Novices
    • Snow Transport for Novices (Framework)
    • Soil Moisture Measurement for Lawns
    • Solar-Powered Cooking Device
    • Solar Thermal Collector Heat Regulation
    • Solarized Energy-Plus Home in Texas
    • One-Handed Door Opening for Stroke Patients
    • Portable One-Handed Door Opening for Stroke Patients
    • Sub-Saharan WASH Access for Eli
    • Sustainable Daily Helpers
    • Sustainable Infant Diapering
    • Sustainable FDM Printing
    • Sustainable Public Transit System
    • Sustainable Washing Machine
    • Temporary Hospital Shelter for BOP Communities
    • Temporary Hospital Shelter for a Developed-Country City
    • Lightweight Travel Exercise Device
    • Lightweight Travel Exercise Device (Original)
    • University Solar Farm Design
    • Reduce Walking and Texting Accidents
    • Reduce Walking and Texting Accidents (Original)
    • Wheelchair Dorm Room Work Desk
    • Wheelchair Peach Picking
    • Wind-turbine Blade Repurposing
    • Window Opening Device
    • Workshop Plate Holder
  • Decision Problem Catalog
    • Decision Problem - Student Laptop Design Under Choice-Based Demand
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Kitchen Utensil Grip (Corrosion Resistant)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Kitchen Utensil Grip (High Strength)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Kitchen Utensil Grip (Lightweight)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Kitchen Utensil Grip (Resistant to Heat)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Safety Helmet (Corrosion Resistant)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Safety Helmet (High Strength)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Safety Helmet (Lightweight)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Safety Helmet (Resistant to Heat)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Spacecraft Component (Corrosion Resistant)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Spacecraft Component (High Strength)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Spacecraft Component (Lightweight)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Spacecraft Component (Resistant to Heat)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Underwater Component (Corrosion Resistant)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Underwater Component (High Strength)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Underwater Component (Lightweight)
    • Decision Problem - MSEval Underwater Component (Resistant to Heat)
  • Optimization Problem Catalog
    • T1 18650 rectangular surrogate optimization
    • T2 18650 pose surrogate optimization
    • T3A 18650 topology explicit 2-RC optimization
    • T3A 18650 topology surrogate optimization
    • T3B 18650 netlist explicit optimization
    • T4 18650 thermal hybrid 2-RC optimization
    • T4 18650 thermal hybrid optimization
    • Fast-charge lithium-ion DFN anchor optimization
    • T3B 18650 open-ended battery-pack co-design (capacity maximization)
    • T1 18650 series-parallel battery-pack sizing (cost minimization)
    • Generalized Moving Peaks Benchmark (dynamic minimization wrapper)
    • MoneyMaker Hip Pump cost minimization problem
    • Pill capsule minimum-area problem
    • Planar truss span structural optimization (deflection minimization)
    • Planar truss span structural optimization (factor-of-safety maximization)
    • Planar truss span structural optimization (mass minimization)
    • Space truss span structural optimization (mass minimization)
    • IDE-style treadle pump material minimization problem
    • Grid-based wind-farm layout optimization (compact QKP seed)
    • Unrestricted wind-farm layout optimization (compact continuous seed)
    • Competing design projects worker-hours allocation (value-tracking minimization)
  • Grammar Problem Catalog
    • T1 18650 rectangular surrogate grammar
    • T2 18650 pose surrogate grammar
    • T3A 18650 topology surrogate grammar
    • T3B 18650 netlist explicit 2-RC grammar
    • T3B 18650 netlist explicit grammar
    • T4 18650 thermal hybrid grammar
    • T3B 18650 open-ended battery-pack graph grammar
    • T1 18650 series-parallel battery-pack co-design grammar
    • IoT home cooling-system co-design grammar problem
    • Planar roof truss grammar (seven-point asymmetric variant)
    • Planar roof truss grammar (seven-point symmetric variant)
    • Planar roof truss grammar (three-point symmetric variant)
    • Planar roof truss grammar (depth = 1/8 span)
    • Planar roof truss grammar (depth = 1/6 span)
    • Planar roof truss grammar (depth = 1/6 span, discrete sizing)
    • Planar truss span grammar problem
    • Space truss span grammar problem
    • Truss Analysis Program grammar problem
  • MCP Problem Catalog
    • Build123d scripted mounting bracket design problem
  • Problem Catalog
  • Decision Problem Catalog

Decision Problem Catalog#

This page lists all packaged decision problems and their candidate-space summaries. There are currently 17 packaged decision problems.

For the conceptual overview, see Decision Problems.

  • Decision Problem - Student Laptop Design Under Choice-Based Demand
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Kitchen Utensil Grip (Corrosion Resistant)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Kitchen Utensil Grip (High Strength)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Kitchen Utensil Grip (Lightweight)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Kitchen Utensil Grip (Resistant to Heat)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Safety Helmet (Corrosion Resistant)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Safety Helmet (High Strength)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Safety Helmet (Lightweight)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Safety Helmet (Resistant to Heat)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Spacecraft Component (Corrosion Resistant)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Spacecraft Component (High Strength)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Spacecraft Component (Lightweight)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Spacecraft Component (Resistant to Heat)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Underwater Component (Corrosion Resistant)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Underwater Component (High Strength)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Underwater Component (Lightweight)
  • Decision Problem - MSEval Underwater Component (Resistant to Heat)

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