Estimation of parameters in geotechnical backanalysis - I. Maximum likelihood approach

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-27

  Ledesma, A ^a   Gens, A ^a   Alonso, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

GEOMECHANICS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD APPROACH;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BACK ANALYSIS; FIELD INSTRUMENTATION; GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; TUNNEL EXCAVATION; TUNNELLING;

EID: 0029669308     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-352X(95)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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