Uncertainty analysis by dimension reduction integration and saddlepoint approximations

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2005, Pages 1143-1152

  Huang, Beiqing ^a   Du, Xiaoping ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimension reduction; Numerical integration; Saddlepomt approximations; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY;

DIMENSION REDUCTION; NUMERICAL INTEGRATION; SADDLEPOMT APPROXIMATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 33144488388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-84523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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