An investigation of sustainability, preference, and profitability in design optimization

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2010, Pages 715-728

  MacDonald, Erin ^a   Whitefoot, Katie ^b   Allison, James T ^c   Papalambros, Panos Y ^b   Gonzalez, Richard ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CUSTOMER PREFERENCES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING COST; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; PARETO-OPTIMAL FRONTIERS; PRODUCT OPTIMIZATION; PURCHASE DECISION; RECYCLED PAPER; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENGINEERING; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY; RECYCLING; SALES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80054988929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2010-29055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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