Coordination specification in distributed optimal design of multilevel systems using the χ language

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-212

  Etman, L F P ^a   Kokkolaras, M ^b   Hofkamp, A T ^a   Papalambros, P Y ^b   Rooda, J E ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical target cascading; Communicating sequential processes; Coordination language; Decomposition; Hierarchical multilevel systems; Multidisciplinary optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FORMAL LANGUAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYTICAL TARGET CASCADING; COMMUNICATING SEQUENTIAL PROCESSES (CSP); COORDINATE LANGUAGE; HIERARCHICAL MULTILEVEL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL DECOMPOSITION; MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION (MDO);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 16344375647     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-004-0467-z     Document Type: Article

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