Tolerancing and optimization for model-based robust engineering design

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-127

  Bates, R A ^a   Wynn, H P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Warwick ^*

^c City University

Author keywords

Circuit simulation; Optimization; Robust design; Tolerancing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SIMULATORS;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; MODEL BASED ROBUST ENGINEERING DESIGN; TOLERANCING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0030110211     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199603)12:2<119::AID-QRE999>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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