Using Monte Carlo simulations to introduce tolerance design to undergraduates

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Hamann, Jerry C ^a,b   Pierre, John W ^a,b   Legowski, Stanislaw F ^a,b   Long, Francis M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit analysis; Electronic circuit design; Monte Carlo; Tolerance design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

TOLERANCE DESIGN;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033079090     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/13.746323     Document Type: Article

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