Decision-Making and Optimization in Aircraft Design,

Abstract

The state of the art in aircraft design is surveyed with regard to the decision-making process. It is shown that the empirical approach to decision-making as it is generally practiced in hardware design has inherent limitations. There is an increasing need to consider uncertainties and preferences explicitly. This leads to a new design outlook combining the experience of old-time designers with an analytical approach to complex problems. An outline is given for the development of practice-oriented text material as a most essential step toward preparing engineers for new tasks in design and decision-making. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA039464

Entities

People

  • Ulrich Haupt

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Engineers
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanics
  • Military Aircraft
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Systems Engineering
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.