An efficient sampling approach to multiobjective optimization

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 109-134

  Fu, Yan ^a   Diwekar, Urmila M ^b  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b CUSTOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hammersley sequence sampling; LTO process; MINSOOP algorithm; nonlinear multiobjective optimization; NOx reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042520404     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANOR.0000045279.46948.dd     Document Type: Conference Paper

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