Approximate solution of the Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 369-384

  Di Paola, M ^a   Sofi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fokker Planck Kolmogorov equation; Probability density function; Weighted residuals method

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WHITE NOISE;

WEIGHTED RESIDUALS METHOD;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0036816773     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-8920(02)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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