Improving confidence in simulation-based design through error functions

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 6 PART B, Issue , 2008, Pages 1093-1102

  Goh, Yee Mey ^a   McMahon, Chris ^a   Booker, Julian ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME (CS); DESIGN AUTOMATION CONFERENCE (DAC); DESIGN PERFORMANCES; DESIGN PROCESSES; DESIGN PROGRESSES; DESIGN SIMULATIONS; ERROR FUNCTIONS; FEASIBLE DESIGN; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; PARAMETRIC DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; SIMULATION PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION PROCESSES; SIMULATION-BASED DESIGN (SBD); SYSTEMATIC (CO); TECHNICAL CONFERENCES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; CORRELATION METHODS; ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANIZATION; MULTITASKING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; ROBOTICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 44949090527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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