Back analysis of slope failure with Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 905-912

  Zhang, L L ^a   Zhang, J ^b,c   Zhang, Limin ^c   Tang, W H ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Bayesian analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; Reliability; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BACK ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; METROPOLIS-HASTING ALGORITHM; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ALGORITHM; BACK ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; REMEDIATION; SIMULATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 78349311019     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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