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... by the Design Automation Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received March 2002; revised May 2003. Associate Editor: J. E. Renaud. 01 March 2002 01 May 2003 05 05 2004 product design reliability optimisation probability constraint theory...

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