An information economic approach for model selection in engineering design

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Computers and Information in Engineering Division, CED

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ling, Jay ^a   Paredis, Christiaan J J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision based design; Information economics; Model selection; Value of information

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DECISION BASED DESIGN; INFORMATION ECONOMICS; MODEL SELECTION; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 85196500636     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2006-14535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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