Confidence intervals of prediction and synthesis of prediction estimates for deformability of expanded polystyrene in long-term compression

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1390-1398

  Gnip, Ivan ^a   Keršulis, Vladislovas ^a   Vaitkus, Saulius ^a   Vejelis, Sigitas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Creep; Expanded polystyrene (EPS); Interval prediction; Long term compression; Synthesised prediction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; DATA COMPRESSION; EXTRAPOLATION; FORMABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; INTERVAL PREDICTION; LONG-TERM COMPRESSION; SYNTHESIZED PREDICTION;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 33847764621     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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