Abstract: A system and method for interactive design of a product includes the steps of identifying an ideal design solution by identifying an unnecessary design parameter having a predetermined significant influence on a variable design response and fixing a predetermined nominal value of the identified unnecessary design parameter at which the variable design response is a minimum and the product design is an uncoupled design or a decoupled design. The method also includes the steps of selecting a most robust ideal design solution from the identified ideal design solution that is the most uncoupled design or the most decoupled design. The method further includes the steps of optimizing the most robust ideal design solution to obtain a pareto-optimal design solution for use in the design of the product that includes a design parameter having an independent design response.

Abstract: A system for interactive design a product having a design solution which includes a design parameter and a design response includes a user computer system and a remotely located computer system in communication with the user computer system. The system also includes a computer- generated geometric model of a product design stored in a data storage means. The system further includes a statistical analysis software program implemented by the remotely located computer system and a computer aided engineering software program implemented by the remotely located computer system.