Validation of models with multivariate output

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 861-871

  Rebba, Ramesh ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Hypothesis testing; Model validation; Multivariate analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMIC LOADS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; RELIABILITY THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646101846     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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