VMDO 2014 - Symposium on alidation Methods for Design Optimization

We invite contributions that address the issue of validation in simulation-based design optimization, which relies on the use of computational models. The particular challenge of model validation for design optimization purposes is that model validity must be established in typically large and high-dimensional design spaces while resources for conducting physical tests to obtain data are usually limited.
Contributions are welcome on a variety of related topics, including, but not limited to:
Validation methods
Validation metrics and error estimation
Modeling and simulation issues in validation
Model calibration
Statistical methods (frequentist and Bayesian)
Resource allocation
Uncertainty quantification for validation
Physical and virtual testing
Design of validation experiments
Certification and accreditation
Interpolation and extrapolation techniques for validation
Validation issues in surrogate optimization approaches