A new decomposition method for parallel processing multi-level optimization

KSME International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 609-618

  Park, Hyung Wook ^a   Kim, Min Soo ^a   Choi, Dong Hoon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization; Parallel Decomposition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MULTI-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0038724028     PISSN: 12264865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03184810     Document Type: Article

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