Abstract: Optimal design of complex engineering systems is challenging because numerous design variables and constraints are present. Dynamic changes in design requirements and lack of complete knowledge of subsystem requirements ...

Abstract: This paper shows how reliability block diagrams can be used as a decision making tool. The premise behind the idea is that classical decision analysis (DA), while very powerful, does not provide much tractability in assessing ...

Abstract: Engineering design reconciles design constraints with decision maker (DM) preferences. The task of eliciting and encoding decision maker preferences is, however, extremely difficult. A Pareto front representing the locus ...

Abstract: A new reliability analysis method is proposed for timedependent problems with explicit in time limitstate functions of input random variables and input random processes using the total probability theorem and the concept ...

Abstract: This work presents some results in the value of information calculations for multiattribute decisionmaking under uncertainty. Almost all engineering activities are undertaken in the face of uncertainty and a decision that ...

Abstract: Vehicles connected to electric systems are considered “pluginâ€‌ vehicles. They can be an integral part of a microgrid. Ground vehicles have become more electrified over time, providing electrical power for the propulsion ...