Quantifying design and manufacturing robustness through stochastic optimization techniques

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Kazmer, David ^a   Barkan, Philip ^b   Ishii, Kosuke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INJECTION MOLDING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TOOL STEEL;

FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; INJECTION MOLDED PART; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; NET SHAPE MANUFACTURING; PROCESS MODIFICATIONS; PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS; SOURCES OF VARIATION; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 85051016326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/96-DETC/DAC-1600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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