Convergence and stability in distributed design of large systems

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 593-603

  Chanron, Vincent ^a   Lewis, Kemper ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralized Design; Decomposition; Game Theory; Linear System Theory; Nash Equilibrium; Process Convergence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPOSITION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECENTRALIZED DESIGN; LINEAR SYSTEM THEORY; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; PROCESS CONVERGENCE;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 14044278892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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