Development and characterisation of error functions in design

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-148

  Goh, Y M ^a   McMahon, C A ^a   Booker, J D ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error functions; Knowledge management; Simulation based design; Uncertainty characterisation; Variant design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ERROR FUNCTIONS; SIMULATION-BASED DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY CHARACTERIZATION; VARIANT DESIGN;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34548697562     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-007-0034-x     Document Type: Article

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