Foundations of validating reusable behavioral models in engineering design problems

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 420-428

  Malak Jr , Richard J ^a   Paredis, Christiaan J J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ABSTRACT PROCESS; BEHAVIOR MODELS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; VALIDATION PROBLEM;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 17744382212     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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