Maximum entropy pdfs and the moment problem under near-Gaussian conditions

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-29

  Volpe, Ernani V ^a   Baganoff, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum entropy method; Moment problem; Probability density functions; Small disturbance expansion

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENTROPY; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHOD (MEM);

GAS DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037265420     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-8920(02)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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