Robust optimization - A comprehensive survey

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 33-34, 2007, Pages 3190-3218

  Beyer, Hans Georg ^a   Sendhoff, Bernhard ^b  

^a VORARLBERG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct search methods; Evolutionary computation; Handling design uncertainties; Mathematical programming; Noisy optimization; Robust design; Robust optimization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DIRECT SEARCH METHOD; ROBUST DESIGN; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 34249059079     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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