... 2012 design engineering optimisation probability reliability uncertain systems epistemic uncertainty info-gap models feasible robustness index sequential algorithm shifting factor reliability-based robust design optimization There exist lots of uncertainties in engineering...

... robustness to the uncertainty. Simulation examples have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed design method. 19 02 2009 28 07 2009 07 10 2009 design engineering optimisation perturbation theory uncertain systems robust design matrix perturbation theory model...

... simulations instead of physical experiments. They do so because engineering design requires large numbers of system evaluations (i.e., experiments), which are often very expensive to perform. aerospace components cracks heat exchangers internal combustion engines uncertain systems 18 09...

...-scale systems sensitivity analysis statistical analysis suspensions (mechanical components) uncertain systems vehicles 17 06 2007 12 12 2007 19 05 2008 Wagner , T. C. , 1993 , “ A General Decomposition Methodology for Optimal System Design ,” Ph.D. thesis...

... uncertainties in engineering analysis and, more recently, to carry out design optimization with reliability and robustness. robust design possibility epistemic uncertainty fuzzy membership function possibility theory design engineering uncertain systems numerical stability 28 07...

... uncertain systems It is important to differentiate our research work from that related to MDO. Multidisciplinary system design approaches are used when considering the system as consisting of multiple interacting disciplines. Several approaches for MDO have been developed during the 1990s, all of which...

... ? design engineering design for manufacture uncertain systems marketing production 01 Dec 2000 06 08 2002 Contributed by the Design Automation Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received Dec. 2000. Associate Editor: J. E. Renaud. 2002...

... associated with most engineering systems are uncertain and imprecise, different analysis models have been developed for predicting the response of different types of uncertain systems. For example, the fuzzy set theory was initiated in 1965 11 and has been applied to the analysis and design of mechanical...

.... Contributed by the Design Automation Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received Nov. 1999. Associate Editor: A. Diaz. 01 Nov 1999 design engineering decision theory uncertain systems large-scale systems aircraft Robust Design...

... OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received Sept. 1999. Associate Technical Editor: A. Diaz. 01 Sept 1999 design engineering product development marketing uncertain systems Two desirable aspects in a product are its design superiority and success in the marketplace. Engineering design...