Optimization under uncertainty with applications to design of truss structures

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-200

  Calafiore, Giuseppe C ^a   Dabbene, Fabrizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convex optimization; Randomized algorithms; Truss topology design; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOPOLOGY;

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; RANDOMIZED ALGORITHMS; TRUSS TOPOLOGY DESIGN;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 38849091946     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-007-0145-z     Document Type: Article

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