Implementation of design sensitivity analysis and numerical optimization in engineering analysis

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 792-799

  Tiller, Michael M ^a   Dantzig, Jonathan A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Object oriented programming; Optimization; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0030289793     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(96)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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