Towards a better understanding of modeling feasibility robustness in engineering design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 1289-1300

  Du, Xiaoping ^a   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FEASIBILITY ROBUSTNESS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING METHOD; MOMENT MATCHING METHOD; MOST PROBABLE POINT; PROBABILISTIC OPTIMIZATION; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS OF DESIGNS; SIX SIGMA APPROACHES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0242479953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC99/DAC-8565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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