Incorporating epistemic uncertainty in robust design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 A, Issue , 2003, Pages 85-95

  Dai, Zhihuang ^a   Scott, Michael J ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^b,c  

^a University of Illinois   (United States)

^b Oakland University   (United States)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemic uncertainty; Fuzzy sets; Preference aggregation; Robust design; Trade off strategies

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; PREFERENCE AGGREGATION; ROBUST DESIGN; TRADE-OFF STRATEGIES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 1842660839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/dac-48713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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