Validation of uncertainty propagation models

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2003, Pages 4671-4678

  Rebba, Ramesh ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a   Zhang, Ruoxue ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lummus Global Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MODEL VALIDATION; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION MODELS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0041977208     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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