Multivariate hermite approximation for design optimization

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 787-803

  Wang, Liping ^a   Grandhi, Ramana V ^a   Canfield, Robert A ^b  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Multi point approximations; Multivariate hermite; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

MULTIPOINT APPROXIMATIONS; MULTIVARIATE HERMITE APPROXIMATIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030108143     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960315)39:5<787::AID-NME881>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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