Investigation of polynomial normal transform

Structural Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-445

  Chen, Xingyuan ^a   Tung, Yeou Koung ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fisher Cornish asymptotic expansion; L moments; Least square; Multivariate distribution model; Normal transformation; Product moments; Random variable; Third order polynomial normal transformation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

POLYNOMIAL NORMAL TRANSFORMS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0042703316     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(03)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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