Assessing external threats to structures using limited statistical data: An approach based on data resampling

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-175

  Vaidogas, Egidijus R ^a   Juocevičius, Virmantas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Accidental action; Bootstrap confidence interval; Damage; Fragility function; Threat; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547367304     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13928619.2007.9637793     Document Type: Article

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