Statistical methods for model validation under uncertainty

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 4917-4926

  Rebba, Ramesh ^a,c   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^b,c  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERVAL BASED HYPOTHESIS; MODEL VALIDATION; POINT NULL HYPOTHESIS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 34147199479     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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