A design optimization method evidence theory

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

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2005, Pages 1153-1161

  Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief and plausibility measures; Epistemic uncertainty; Evidence theory; Evidence based design optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BELIEF AND PLAUSIBILITY MEASURES; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY; EVIDENCE THEORY; EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33144467588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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