Hierarchical decomposition synthesis in optimal systems design

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 448-457

  Krishnamachari, R S ^a,b   Papalambros, P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITION SYNTHESIS; OPTIMAL DESIGN PROBLEM;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031331685     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826389     Document Type: Article

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