An active structure that learns

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-24

  Domer, Bernd ^a   Smith, Ian F C ^b  

^a Tekhne Management SA   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active control; Cables; Stochastic process; Structural control; Struts

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPACTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; STRUTS;

ACTIVE CONTROL; ACTIVE STRUCTURES; INNOVATIVE STRUCTURES; SERVICEABILITY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 16644400966     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2005)19:1(16)     Document Type: Article

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