A two-stage simulation optimization heuristic for robust design

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 477-482

  Pierreval, Henri ^a   Durieux, Séverine ^a  

^a IFMA   (France)

Author keywords

Manufacturing systems; Robustness; Simulation; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; HEURISTIC METHODS; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0038684430     PISSN: 08843627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2002.1176089     Document Type: Article

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