Seismic risk sensitivity analysis focusing on stochastic ground motion modeling

Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering -Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2465-2473

  Taflanidis, A A ^a   Vetter, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

APPROPRIATE MODELS; DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; RELATIVE INFORMATION; STOCHASTIC GROUND MOTION MODEL; STOCHASTIC SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; UNCERTAIN MODELING;

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EID: 84856763862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b11332-364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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