The influence of operating conditions on multi-objective optimization of power electronic devices and circuits

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1449-1456

  Bryant, A T ^a   Jaeggi, D M ^a   Parks, G T ^a   Palmer, P R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multi objective optimization; Operating conditions; Parallel computing; Power semiconductor device simulation; System design; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPERATING CONDITIONS; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION; TABU SEARCH;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 33745926566     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2005.1518550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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