Date of download: 10/30/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: A Systems Approach for Analyzing Uncertainties in Misalignment of a Fiberoptic System J. Electron. Packag. 2004;127(4):391-396. doi:10.1115/1.2056573 Figure Legend: The fiberoptic system chosen in the present study to illustrate systems approaches

Date of download: 10/30/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: A Systems Approach for Analyzing Uncertainties in Misalignment of a Fiberoptic System J. Electron. Packag. 2004;127(4):391-396. doi:10.1115/1.2056573 Figure Legend: Function-variable matrix of a simple spring system and its partitioning into two subsystems is illustrated in the figure. Optimal partitioning leads to subsystems that are least interactive. The linking variables F1, x1 and F2 are system-level variables since they determine the nature of the interaction between the subsystems.

Date of download: 10/30/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: A Systems Approach for Analyzing Uncertainties in Misalignment of a Fiberoptic System J. Electron. Packag. 2004;127(4):391-396. doi:10.1115/1.2056573 Figure Legend: Schematic illustration of the conversion from function-variable matrix to hypergraph to graph for the application of graph partitioning algorithms

Date of download: 10/30/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: A Systems Approach for Analyzing Uncertainties in Misalignment of a Fiberoptic System J. Electron. Packag. 2004;127(4):391-396. doi:10.1115/1.2056573 Figure Legend: Schematic illustration of calculation of edge weights based on sensitivity values

Date of download: 10/30/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: A Systems Approach for Analyzing Uncertainties in Misalignment of a Fiberoptic System J. Electron. Packag. 2004;127(4):391-396. doi:10.1115/1.2056573 Figure Legend: Flow chart describing the simulated annealing procedure