28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-6.4.1

MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PROCESS

X. Sun, P. Meng*, D. Boehnke, S. Lehner, P.D. Ciampa, V. Gollnick, E. Stumpf**
DLR, Germany; *KTH, Sweden; **RWTH Aachen Univ., Germany

Keywords: mcda, weighting factors, surrogate models, aircraft design

This research explores the feasibility and assesses the added value of using Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques in aircraft design. A new optimization framework incorporating MCDM in aircraft conceptual design process is established. The proposed framework will be applied to the design of a 150-passenger aircraft as proof of concept.

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