A comprehensive robust design approach for decision trade-offs in complex systems design

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-10

  Kalsi, Monu ^a   Hacker, Kurt ^a   Lewis, Kemper ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Multidisciplinary design; Optimization; Robust design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003327553     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1334596     Document Type: Article

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