Simulated variance optimization for robust design

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Parkinson, D B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Diagnostic Engineers   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optimization; Quality control; Robust design; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; VARIANCE OPTIMIZATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0031654282     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199801/02)14:1<15::AID-QRE134>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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