Probabilistic approach to the solution of inverse problems in civil engineering

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 338-347

  Hadidi, Rambod ^a   Gucunski, Nenad ^b  

^a MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; Engineering; Monte Carlo method; Numerical analysis; Probability; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EVALUATIONS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BEST FITTEST; DETERMINISTIC APPROACHES; GENERAL APPROACHES; MONTE CARLO MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATUM; OBSERVED DATUM; PRACTICAL; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC SOLUTIONS; SOLUTION OF INVERSE PROBLEMS; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 54249130736     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2008)22:6(338)     Document Type: Article

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