Bayesian probabilistic approach for the correlations of compression index for marine clays

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1932-1940

  Yan, W M ^a   Yuen, Ka Veng ^b   Yoon, Gil Lim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Correlation; Marine clays; Probability; Soil compression

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN METHODS; COMPRESSION INDEX; CORRELATION; CORRELATION FORMULAE; DATA FITTINGS; DATA SETS; DEGREE OF ROBUSTNESS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL DESIGNS; GEOTECHNICAL INDEX; IN-SITU; LIQUID LIMITS; MARINE CLAYS; MEASUREMENT NOISE; MODELING ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE; PLASTICITY INDICES; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; SOIL COMPRESSION; SOIL INDICES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; STRUCTURE SELECTION; VOID RATIOS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION; GRAVITY; LIQUID LIMIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASTICITY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFT CLAY; VOID RATIO; WATER CONTENT;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 75949102267     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000157     Document Type: Article

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