Response surface modelling of Monte Carlo fire data

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 772-784

  Hasofer, A M ^a   Qu, J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer fire model; Modern regression methods; Monte Carlo simulation; Reliability index; Response surface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE;

COMPUTER FIRE MODELS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 0036852743     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(02)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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