Optimal design of uncertain systems under stochastic excitation

AIAA journal

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2133-2141

  Jensen, Hector A ^a   Sepulveda, Abdon E ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b Compañia Cervecerias Unidas ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

MULTICRITERION OPTIMAL DESIGN; STOCHASTIC EXCITATION;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034319324     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.876     Document Type: Article

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