MODELS FOR 2-PLAYER GAMES IN DESIGN - AN APPLICATION TO AUTOMOTIVE SUSPENSIONS

When a design problem is viewed in the context of an overall system ti me line, a multi-player game model naturally arises. These models cont rast with single-player, multi-objective models commonly used in desig n optimization. In this paper, simple two-player formulations are deve loped for the design of automotive suspensions where several game prot ocols are set up between a braking performance player and a suspension designer. After the models are derived, Nash, Pareto, and Stackelberg solutions are described and interpreted by exploiting the monotonicit ies in the two models.