Quantifying flexibility in tradespace exploration: Value weighted filtered outdegree

AIAA Space 2009 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Viscito, Lauren ^a   Ross, Adam M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS; FLEXIBLE DESIGNS; OUTDEGREE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SATELLITE RADAR; TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS; TRADE SPACE EXPLORATIONS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 77958570898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-6561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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