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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"System Design Optimization"”.
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Integrated transportation system design optimization
Traditionally, the design of a transportation system has focused on either the vehicle design or the network flow, assuming the other as given. However, to define a system level architecture for a transportation system, it is advantageous to expand the system boundary during the design process to …
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Human -machine system design optimization for nondeterministic spacecraft anomaly determination/resolution
… example, but can also be translated to other systems requiring operators, a degree of automation, time constraints, remote control, and high levels of personnel expertise. The specific objective of this study was to address the uncertainty inherent in satellite command and control and to …
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Dynamic system design optimization of wave energy converters utilizing direct transcription
… role in many engineering domains as these systems become more active and autonomous. Designing a dynamic engineering system can be challenging. In this thesis, both the problem formulation and solution methods will be discussed for designing a dynamic engineering system. A case is made for …
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Decomposition-based, complementarity models for renewable energy generation system design optimization
With the development of modern technologies, the design community nowadays often faces engineering systems too complex to be addressed by a single design team. In order to solve such design problems, a common approach is to divide a complex system into coupled, yet smaller subsystems manageable by …
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Multidisciplinary system design optimization of fiber-optic networks within data centers
… to market dynamics. The role of a data center designer, whom is responsible for scoping, building, and managing the infrastructure design is becoming increasingly complex. This work presents a new analytical systems approach to modeling fiber-optic network design within data centers. …
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System architecture selection in a multi-disciplinary system design optimization framework
… (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2003.
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Automotive component product development enhancement through multi-attribute system design optimization in an integrated concurrent engineering framework
… into new organizational entities based on systems thinking and change, which are agile and can swiftly adapt to the new business environment. The advancement of technology and the relentless increase in computing power will provide the necessary means for this radical transformation. This …
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Stochastic techniques for computational electromagnetics and signal integrity design optimization
As speed and density of electronic systems continue to increase, uncertainties are becoming significant factors in system performance. This thesis provides an overview of stochastic numerical techniques in the context of electronic package modeling for signal integrity analysis. Examples are …
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A hierarchical bottom-up, equation-based optimization design methodology
… these PO surfaces in place of the blocks at the system level, we have demonstrated a new hierarchical system design methodology. Furthermore, the optimization, simulation, and measured results are consistent at all levels of hierarchy. Keywords: System design, optimization, geometric programming, …
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Predictive Time-Variant Photovoltaic Electrodialysis Reversal: A Novel Design Optimization using Predictive Machine Learning and Control Theory
This paper introduces a novel control theory and system design optimization to reduce the Levelized Cost of Water (LCOW) and maximize the reliability of Photovoltaic Electrodialysis Reversal (PV-EDR) groundwater desalination systems. This work aims to exploit the relationship between water …
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Design of a building structural skin using multi-objective optimization techniques
Multi-disciplinary System Design Optimization was used to design the geometry and to select the materials for the structural facade of a building. A multi-objective optimization model was developed, capable of optimizing the design of the facade on the basis of a lighting analysis of the interior, …
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Energy-Efficient Switching By Band Modulation And Passive Equalization
Power consumption in digital systems will be the bottleneck of future high performance and mobile computing. For the past four decades, the wireline communication bandwidth, the number of packaging pins, and transistor density have grown exponentially. Meanwhile, the power consumption has also …
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Hybrid adaptive sequential sampling for reliability-based design optimization
To reduce the cost for reliability analysis and optimization of complex engineering systems, surrogate models can be used to replace expensive physical models. One of the critical tasks of employing surrogate models for system design optimization is to develop an accurate surrogate model …
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Network analysis of technical and organizational configurations : using an alignment approach to enhance product development performance
… first using as a reference the Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization (MSDO) to decompose the architecture of a product and then, using a specific type of Design Structure Matrix (DSM) [43] called N2 Diagram to identify the interfaces of the architecture, a network called theoretical …
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Haptic emulation of hard surfaces with applications to orthopaedic surgery
… was measured to assess the precision of the system with the goal of deciding whether this new haptic concept should be further developed specifically for precision applications such as surgery. For curvilinear surfaces, 90% of the cumulative distribution of the measured data was less than …
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Design and optimization of computationally expensive engineering systems
Engineering systems form the basis on which our day-to-day lives depend on. In many cases, designers are interested in identifying an optimal design of an engineering system. However, very often, the process of engineering design optimization is complex and involves time-expensive simulations or …
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Multidelity methods for multidisciplinary system design
Optimization of multidisciplinary systems is critical as slight performance improvements can provide significant benefits over the system's life. However, optimization of multidisciplinary systems is often plagued by computationally expensive simulations and the need to iteratively solve a complex …
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Novel models and algorithms for systems reliability modeling and optimization
… availability, and maintainability of the system as a true "design parameter". To this effect, accurate estimation and management of the system reliability of a design during the "earliest stages" of new product development is not only critical for managing product development and …
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Design Space Exploration for Embedded Systems in Automotives
… infotainment, etc.) in today's automotive systems that rely on electronics and software, the supporting architecture is integrated by a complex set of heterogeneous data networks. A modern automobile contains up to 100 ECUs and several heterogeneous communication buses (such as CAN, …