An inductive design exploration method for hierarchical systems design under uncertainty

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-307

  Choi, Hae Jin ^a   McDowell, David L ^b   Allen, Janet K ^b   Mistree, Farrokh ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making under uncertainty; Hierarchical systems design; Materials design; Model structure uncertainty; Ranged sets of solution; Robust design

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENES; PRODUCT DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN; MATERIALS DESIGN; MODEL STRUCTURE UNCERTAINTY; RANGED SETS OF SOLUTION; ROBUST DESIGN;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 41549090046     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150701742201     Document Type: Article

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