Probabilistically-robust nonlinear control of offshore structures

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 194-201

  Taflanidis, Alexandros A ^a   Angelides, Demos C ^b   Beck, James L ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Control of offshore structures; Model uncertainty; Random sea; Robust control; Stochastic simulation; Tension Leg Platform

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; ROBUST CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MODEL UNCERTAINTY; RANDOM SEA; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; TENSION LEG PLATFORMS;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 36448976925     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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