Isoperformance: Analysis and design of complex systems with desired outcomes

Systems Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-61

  De Weck, Olivier L ^a   Jones, Marshall B ^b,c,d,e  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Keystone Human Services   (United States)

^e Eastern Eurooe ^*

Author keywords

Constraints; Gradient based search; Inverse design methods; Isoperformance; Multiobjective optimization; Sensitivity analysis; System design

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT-BASED SEARCH; INVERSE DESIGN METHODS; ISOPERFORMANCE; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SEARCH ENGINES; SPACECRAFT;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644701987     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20043     Document Type: Article

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