Reliability-based robust design optimization using the eigenvector dimension reduction (EDR) method

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-492

  Youn, Byeng D ^a   Xi, Zhimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Derivative free; Design optimization; Eigenvector dimension reduction; Quality; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESIGN; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; EIGENVECTOR DIMENSION REDUCTION; EXECUTION TIMES; ITERATIVE PROCESSES; LOOP STRUCTURES; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PIVOTAL ROLES; PRACTICAL ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; PROBABILITY ANALYSES; QUALITY; RANDOM INPUTS; RESPONSE SURFACES; ROBUST DESIGN OPTIMIZATIONS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 58049171179     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-008-0239-2     Document Type: Article

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