A polynomial chaos approach to the analysis of vehicle dynamics under uncertainty

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 749-774

  Kewlani, Gaurav ^a   Crawford, Justin ^b   Iagnemma, Karl ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Quantum Signal LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

parametric uncertainty; polynomial chaos; stochastic analysis; vehicle dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS; IN-FIELD; MONTE CARLO SCHEMES; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; POLYNOMIAL CHAOS; REALISTIC SCENARIO; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; VEHICLE MOTION; VEHICLE PARAMETERS; VEHICLE SIMULATORS;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; DYNAMICS; GROUND VEHICLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIALS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859527453     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2011.639897     Document Type: Article

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