Hierarchical decomposition and multidomain formulation for the design of complex sustainable systems

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 0910031-09100313

  Alfaris, Anas ^a   Siddiqi, Afreen ^a   Rizk, Charbel ^a   De Weck, Olivier ^a   Svetinovic, Davor ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; URBAN GROWTH;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENERGY; HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITIONS; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; LARGE-SCALE COMPLEX SYSTEMS; MULTI-DOMAINS; PARAMETER DEPENDENCE; PARAMETER PRECEDENCES; SUBOPTIMALITY; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77957319172     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002239     Document Type: Article

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