A methodology for trading-off performance and robustness under uncertainty

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 856-863

  Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^a   Liang, Jinghong ^a  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RBDO); ROBUST DESIGN;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33746384487     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2202883     Document Type: Article

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