A system approach to simulation-based design under uncertainty, through best in class simulation process integration & design optimization

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 179-188

  Tzannetakis, Nick ^a   Donders, Stijn ^b   Van Peer, Joost De ^a   Weal, Paul ^a  

^a Noesis Solutions   (Belgium)

^b LMS INTERNATIONAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FUZZY SETS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

FUZZY ARITHMATIC; MASS DENSITY; TRANSFORMATION METHOD (TM); VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 14044265764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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