Analytical and computational properties of distributed approaches to MDO

8th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Alexandrov, Natalia M ^a   Lewist, Robert Michael ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Bilevel optimization; Distributed optimization; Multidisciplinary optimization, multilevel optimization; Nonlinear programming; Problem integration; System synthesis

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTONOMY; BI-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION; DISTRIBUTED OPTIMIZATION; MULTILEVEL OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM INTEGRATION; SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 85086489386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-4718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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