A probabilistic design system for reliability-based design optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 416-426

  Kaymaz, I ^a   McMahon, C A ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed computing; RBDO; Response surface method

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; RELIABILITY THEORY;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RBDO); RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10644291070     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-004-0444-6     Document Type: Article

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