Optimization of coupled systems: A critical overview of approaches

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 6-17

  Balling, R J ^a,b,c,d,e   Sobieszczanski Sobieski, J ^{b,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m}  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e 435 Crabtree Technology Building

^f WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^g Technical University of Warsaw ^*

^h SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^k NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^l NASA Langley   (United States)

^m AIAA Tech Comm Multiplinary D

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VECTORS;

COUPLED SYSTEMS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029704981     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13015     Document Type: Review

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