On the Possibilities for Optimal Collaborative Engineering Design under Uncertainty

Optimization in Industry

Volumn 2, Issue , 1999, Pages 95-102

  Alien, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cardinal utility; Decision based design; Engineering design theory; Optimization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARDINAL UTILITIES; DECISION-BASED DESIGN; ENGINEERING DESIGN THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

AERODYNAMICS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROPULSION; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 1642619412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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