Visual dependency structure matrix for multidisciplinary design optimization tradeoff studies

Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 274-297

  English, Kenneth W ^a,b   Bloebaum, Christina L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation (NYSEDII)

^c MAE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PRODUCTS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CRITICAL DATA; DESIGN PROCESSES; DESIGN TEAMS; ERROR MODELING; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEM LEVELS; VISUAL DEPENDENCY STRUCTURE MATRIX; WEB-BASED FRAMEWORK;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUPLINGS; DESIGN; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 53149097325     PISSN: 15429423     EISSN: 15429423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.32038     Document Type: Article

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