Concept selection using s-pareto frontiers

AIAA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1190-1198

  Mattson, Christopher A ^a   Messac, Achille ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRUSSES;

CONCEPT SELECTION; ENGINEERING DESIGN; S-PARETO FRONTIERS;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0037596462     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2063     Document Type: Article

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