A random set approach to the optimization of uncertain structures

Computers and Structures

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 583-600

  Tonon, Fulvio ^a   Bernardini, Alberto ^b  

^a University of Padova ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Dempster Shafer theory; Fuzzy sets; Probability; Possibility; Random sets; Structural optimization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; RANDOM SETS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032165007     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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