Interval uncertainty reduction and single-disciplinary sensitivity analysis with multi-objective optimization

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0310071-03100711

  Li, M ^a   Williams, N ^a,b   Azarm, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Interval uncertainty; Multi output; Reducible uncertainty; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DESIGN; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS METHOD; ENGINEERING DESIGN; INTERVAL UNCERTAINTY; MULTI-OBJECTIVES OPTIMIZATION; MULTI-OUTPUT; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; REDUCIBLE UNCERTAINTY; SMALL VARIATIONS; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 74749084814     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3066736     Document Type: Article

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