Reliability optimization with mixed continuous-discrete random variables and parameters

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-165

  Gunawan, Subroto ^a   Papalambros, Panos Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Filter; Influence function; Mixed continuous discrete; Reliability based design optimization (RBDO)

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FUNCTION EVALUATION; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY THEORY;

DISCRETE COMPONENTS; MIXED CONTINUOUS-DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES; RANDOM COMPONENTS; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 34248331311     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2406085     Document Type: Article

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