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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 14, 1999
Michael Charles Ostrowski, Glenville, NY (US);
Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bijan Dorri, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Michael Solomon Idelchik, Mequon, WI (US);
Arlie Russell Martin, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Douglas J. Snyder, Brookfield, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A product design tradeoff method is provided. A transfer function, which generates an output in response to an input is obtained. A type of optimization to be performed is identified and the input to the transfer function is perturbed in order to achieve the type of optimization identified. Output information representing the output of the transfer function is then generated to provide the user with the result of the optimization. Generating the output information comprises generating a sensitivity matrix. The sensitivity matrix comprises a plurality of sensitivity values that indicates a relationship between a change in input versus a change in output, wherein each of the sensitivity values provides a corresponding numerical value for comparing an effect of the change in the input versus the change in the output.