This paper presents a comprehensive review of Uncertainty-Based Multidisciplinary Design
Optimization (UMDO) theory and the state of the art in UMDO methods for aerospace …

Abstract Design optimization of structural and multidisciplinary systems under uncertainty
has been an active area of research due to its evident advantages over deterministic design …

Multiobjective reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) is a research area, which has
not been investigated in the literatures comparing with single-objective RBDO. This work …

The ever-increasing demands for resource-saving, engineering technology progress, and
environmental protection stimulate the progress of the progressive design method. As an …

Due to its renewable and nonpolluting nature, solar energy is often used in applications
such as electricity generation, thermal heating, and chemical processing. The most cost …

Reliability-based Optimization is a most appropriate and advantageous methodology for
structural design. Its main feature is that it allows determining the best design solution (with …

This article presents a brief survey on some of the most relevant developments in the field of
optimization under uncertainty. In particular, the scope and the relevance of the papers …

A primary concern in practical engineering design is ensuring high system reliability
throughout a product's lifecycle, which is subject to time-variant operating conditions and …

BECAUSE of the extensive efforts of engineering disciplines over past three decades,
design guidelines and/or standards have been modified to incorporate the concept of …

Performance measure approach (PMA) is an effective tool of the reliability-based design
optimization (RBDO). And the advanced mean value (AMV) method is widely used for the …