An approach to uncertainty analysis of rockfall simulation

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-258

  Turrin, S ^a   Hanss, M ^a   Selvadurai, A P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coefficient of restitution; Fuzzy arithmetic; Rockfall simulation; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; FUZZY ARITHMETICS; FUZZY NUMBERS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING AND SIMULATION; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; ROCKFALLS; SIMULATION UNCERTAINTY; TRANSFORMATION METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; ROCK BURSTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77249135108     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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