Abstract: In engineering design, information regarding the uncertain variables or parameters is usually in the form of finite samples. Existing methods in optimal design under uncertainty cannot handle ...

Abstract: Engineering design problems frequently involve a mix of both continuous and discrete random variables and parameters. However, most methods in the literature deal with only the continuous or the ...

Abstract: Thermal storage systems were originally designed to shift on-peak cooling production to off-peak cooling production in order to reduce on-peak electricity demand. Recently, however, the reduction ...