Automatic step-size procedure in forward-difference for reliability and design optimization

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 97-105

  Wang, Liping ^a   Gau, Kristy ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE AVIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ERRORS;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN VARIABLES; FIXED STEP SIZES; FORWARD DIFFERENCE; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; RELIABILITY DESIGN;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846624421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC99/DAC-8603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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