Pareto frontier based concept selection under uncertainty, with visualization

Optimization and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-115

  Mattson, Christopher A ^a   Messac, Achille ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept evaluation; Concept selection; Multiobjective optimization; Pareto frontier; S Pareto frontier

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

CONCEPT EVALUATION; CONCEPT SELECTION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARETO FRONTIER; S-PARETO FRONTIER;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 27444440006     PISSN: 13894420     EISSN: 15732924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:OPTE.0000048538.35456.45     Document Type: Article

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