Concurrent subspace optimization using design variable sharing in a distributed computing environment

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 361-376

  Wujek, Brett A ^a,d,e   Renaud, John E ^a,b,c   Batill, Stephen M ^a   Brockman, Jay B ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e Design Automation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Concurrent engineering; Decomposition; Distributed computing; Modular algorithms; Multidisciplinary design; Non hierarchic systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001110621     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293x9600400405     Document Type: Article

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