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Papalambros, P. and Bernitsas, M. M., "Monotonicity Analysis in Optimum Design of Marine Risers". Progress in Engineering Optimization - Design Engineering Technology Conference (Mayne, R.W. and Ragsdell, K.M., eds.), Hartford, CT, September 20-23, 1981, ASME, New York, NY, pp. 89-95. See also the 1982 journal version.