A Bayesian approach to reliability-based optimization with incomplete information

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 909-918

  Gunawan, Subroto ^a   Papalambros, Panos Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Incomplete information; Reliability based optimization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; RELIABILITY-BASED OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33746454682     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2204969     Document Type: Article

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