Antioptimization of structures with large uncertain-but-non-random parameters via interval analysis

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 361-372

  Qiu, Zhiping ^a,c   Elishakoff, Isaac ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ANTIOPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN BUT NON RANDOM PARAMETERS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031696684     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(96)01211-X     Document Type: Article

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