Design of an Aircraft Tire: A Study in Modeling Uncertainty

During the early stages of project initiation, the information available to a designer may be uncertain (imprecise or stochastic). In response to this need, two extensions of the crisp compromise Decision Support Problem using fuzzy set theory and Bayesian statistics are developed to model uncertainty in design problems. The fuzzy compromise DSP is used to model imprecise information and the Bayesian compromise DSP is used to model stochastic information. The design of an aircraft tire is used as an illustrative example.