Analytical robustness assessment for robust design

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-137

  Huang, Beiqing ^a   Du, Xiaoping ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Percentile; Robust design; Robustness; Variance

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

MODEL-BASED METHODS; PRODUCT PERFORMANCES; ROBUST DESIGN;

ROBUST CONTROL;

EID: 34347216049     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-006-0068-0     Document Type: Article

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