An interval-based focalization method for decision-making in decentralized, multi-functional design

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 2 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 413-426

  Panchal, Jitesh H ^a   Fernández, Marco Gero ^a   Allen, Janet K ^a   Paredis, Christiaan J J ^a   Mistree, Farrokh ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ASME   (United States)

Author keywords

And Interval Arithmetic; Coupled Decisions; Decentralized Design; Game Theory

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FUNCTIONS; GAME THEORY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COUPLED DECISIONS; DECENTRALIZED DESIGN; INTERVAL ARITHMETIC;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33144457795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-85322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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