Efficient uncertainty analyses using fast probability integration

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-248

  Haskin, F Eric ^a   Staple, Bevan D ^a   Ding, Chuanyi ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FAST PROBABILITY INTEGRATION; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNCERTAINTY ANALYSES;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030565753     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-5493(96)01267-8     Document Type: Article

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