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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"function structures"”.
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Product family architecture modularity using function and variety heuristics
This thesis examines the market and functional aspects of developing a product portfolio architecture. Product use based market analysis of customer needs and product features is performed to determine the set of portfolio target values. The variation in these target values among and within …
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Building load control and optimization
… model is built in EnergyPlus (E+). The cost function structures and the potential difficulties associated with simulation-based optimization are discussed. Discontinuity and nonlinearity are of major concern. Two optimization algorithms are tested and applied to a variety of problems: Direct …
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Analyzing the proliferation resistance of advanced nuclear fuel cycles : in search of an assessment methodology for use in fuel cycle simulations
… Each metric is associated with its own utility function, and is weighted according to the proliferation threat of interest. Results suggest that transportation steps are less proliferation-resistant than stationary facilities, and that the ABR fuel cycle employing reactors with low conversion …
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Advances in Computer-Assisted Design and Analysis of First-Order Optimization Methods and Related Problems
… analyzed using the values and gradients of the functions to be minimized. These methods have become the main workhorses for modern large-scale optimization and machine learning due to their low iteration costs, minimal memory requirements, and dimension-independent convergence guarantees. As the …