Robust mechanism synthesis with random and interval variables

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1321-1337

  Du, Xiaoping ^a   Venigella, Pavan Kumar ^a   Liu, Deshun ^b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Optimization; Robustness; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

INTERVAL VARIABLES; MECHANISM SYNTHESIS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORKS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; ROBUSTNESS; ROBUSTNESS ASSESSMENTS; SYNTHESIS; WORST CASE;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 67349268145     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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