A study of optimal design under conflict using models of multi-player games

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 63-94

  Rao, J R Jagannatha ^a   Badhrinath, Krishnakumar ^a   Pakala, Rama ^a   Mistree, Farrokh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical design; Minmax; Nash; Pareto; Stackelberg games

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

PARETO DIAGRAM; STACKELBERG GAMES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0030707059     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052159708941127     Document Type: Article

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