Application of optimization techniques to Naval surface combatant ship synthesis.

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited === This thesis presents a method of reducing the time required to accomplish ship design feasibility studies by coupling a naval surface combatant synthesis model with a general purpose nonlinear optimizer. Brief descriptions of optimization t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenkins, James L.
Other Authors: Vanderplaats, Garret N.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/20071