Using chaos to obtain global solutions in computational kinematics

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 299-304

  Jovanovic, V T ^a   Kazerounian, K ^b  

^a T Sendzimir Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL KINEMATICS; NEWTON-RAPHSON SEARCH TECHNIQUE;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 0032096910     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826972     Document Type: Article

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