An object-oriented modeling framework for representing uncertainty in early variant design

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-183

  Crossland, Rose ^a   Williams, Jon H Sims ^a   McMahon, Chris A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Object modeling; Risk in design; Uncertainty in design; Variant design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

OBJECT MODELING; RISK IN DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY IN DESIGN; VARIANT DESIGN;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 4043121128     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-003-0039-z     Document Type: Article

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