Combination of anti-optimization and fuzzy-set-based analyses for structural optimization under uncertainty

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-200

  Fang, J ^a   Smith, S M ^a   Elishakoff, I ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex modeling; Fuzzy set; Maximizing set; Membership function; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346223680     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1024123X98000787     Document Type: Article

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