Monte Carlo techniques in computational stochastic mechanics

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-29

  Hurtado, J E ^a   Barbat, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 0032400121     PISSN: 11343060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02736747     Document Type: Article

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