Variable fidelity modeling as applied to trajectory optimization for a hydraulic backhoe

Modeling, simulation, and optimization play vital roles throughout the engineering design process; however, in many design disciplines the cost of simulation is high, and designers are faced with a tradeoff between the number of alternatives that can be evaluated and the accuracy with which they can...

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Main Author: Moore, Roxanne Adele
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28146