An mdo-compatible method for robust design of vehicles, systems, and components

7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 609-619

  Liaw, Leslie D ^a   Devries, Richard I ^a   Cronin, Donald L ^b,c  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICS; VEHICLES;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; RESPONSE SURFACE APPROXIMATION; SPECIFIC VEHICLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHODS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VISUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT;

DESIGN;

EID: 84983132759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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