A robust concept exploration method for enhancing productivity in concurrent systems design

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-217

  Chen, Wei ^a,c,d,e   Allen, Janet K ^b,f,g,h   Mistree, Farrokh ^b,d,g,i,j  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CREDO Lab

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e ASME   (United States)

^f Georgia Tech ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^j AIAA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Axiomatic design; Complex systems; Decision Support Problem; Design freedom; Design productivity; Hsct; Response surface methodology; Robust design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000941190     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293x9700500302     Document Type: Article

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