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Decision Based Design
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Decision Based Design

by Vijitashwa Pandey
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
284 pages
11h 23m
English
CRC Press
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143Design Optimization
SOLUTION
In words, the above function asks for the minimum value of f(x) by choos-
ing the values of 40 decision variables, each of which can take six discrete
values. Clearly,
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40
31
different solutions are possible, and their
corresponding objective values must be compared to find the best solu-
tion. If an enumeration takes 1 nanosecond (10
–9
seconds), the time it will
take to just enumerate the solutions is ×
41
0
14
years. This is more than the
estimated age of the universe! Problems of this magnitude are routinely
encountered in engineering. Fortunately, many times objective functions
give us properties that can ...
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ISBN: 9781439882320