An information-theoretic approach to stochastic materials modeling

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 30-39

  Zabaras, Nicholas ^a   Sankaran, Sethuraman ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ENTROPY; GRAIN BOUNDARY MISORIENTATION; KULLBACK-LEIBLER DIVERGENCE; MATERIALS MODELING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE COMPRESSION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 33847753914     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2007.24     Document Type: Review

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