Validation of probabilistic models

Civil Engineering Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-183

  Lind, Niels C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Entropy; Forecasting; Generator; Information; Likelihood; Models; Probability; Seismic; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY MODEL; SEISMIC ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0030430516     PISSN: 02630257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02630259608970196     Document Type: Article

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