Design under uncertainty using Monte Carlo simulation and probabilistic sufficiency factor

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 A, Issue , 2003, Pages 3-12

  Qu, Xueyong ^a   Haftka, Raphael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design under uncertainty; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic sufficiency factor; Response surface approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

DESIGN UNDER UNCERTAINTY; PROBABILISTIC SUFFICIENCY FACTOR; RESPONSE SURFACE APPROXIMATION;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 1842811866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/dac-48704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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