Abstract: Automotive use of fuel cells has received increased attention due to clean and efficient power generation. Successful vehicular applications require careful balance of design and control trade-offs. ...

Abstract: Designing a family of product variants that share some components usually requires a compromise in performance relative to the individually optimized variants due to the commonality constraints. ...

Abstract: This paper presents a methodology for design optimization of hierarchically decomposed systems under uncertainty. We propose an extended, probabilistic version of the deterministic analytical target ...

Abstract: Design of complex products with several interacting subsystems or disciplinary analyses poses substantive challenges to both analysis and optimization, necessitating specialized solution techniques. ...

Abstract: Tolerance allocation is the process of determining allowable dimensional variations in products (parts and subassemblies) and processes (fixtures and tools) in order to meet final assembly quality ...

Abstract: The solution of complex system design problems using decomposition-based optimization methods requires determination of appropriate problem partitioning and coordination strategies. Previous optimal ...

Abstract: The design optimization process relies often on computational models for analysis or simulation. These models must be validated to quantify the expected accuracy of the obtained design solutions. ...

Abstract: Analytical target cascading (ATC) is a methodology for hierarchical multilevel system design optimization. In previous work, the deterministic ATC formulation was extended to account for random ...

Abstract: One important source of variability in the performance and success of products designed for use by people is the people themselves. In many cases, the acceptability of the design is affected ...