Multivariate simulation and multimodal dependence modeling of vehicle axle weights with copulas

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 945-955

  Srinivas, S ^a   Menon, Devdas ^a   Prasad, A Meher ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Copulas; Correlation; Simulation; Vehicles; Weight

Indexed keywords

AXLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAVEMENTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

COPULAS; MULTIMODAL DEPENDENCE MODELING; MULTIVARIATE SIMULATION; VEHICLE AXLE WEIGHTS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

BRIDGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; WEIGHT;

EID: 33751078296     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2006)132:12(945)     Document Type: Article

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