A study of convergence in decentralized design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2003, Pages 765-774

  Chanron, Vincent ^a   Lewis, Kemper ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cobweb Model; Decentralized Design; Decomposition; Game Theory; Nash Equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPOSITION; GAME THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COBWEB MODELS; DECENTRALIZED DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 1842762151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/dac-48782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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