A model-based formulation of robust design

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 388-396

  Al Widyan, Khalid ^a   Angeles, Jorge ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VECTORS;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; GAUSSIAN DENSITY FUNCTION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; ROBUST DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 20544445444     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1829728     Document Type: Article

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