On practical problems with verification and validation of computational models

Archives of Civil Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-346

  Kwasniewski L ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Hierarchical validation; On off process; Sensitivity study; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

BEST-PRACTICES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEM; DISCRETIZATIONS; HIERARCHICAL VALIDATION; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ON-OFF PROCESS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SOFTWARE-BASED; SOLUTION PROCEDURE; VALIDATION; VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ERRORS;

EID: 77950338614     PISSN: 12302945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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