Stochastic sampling using moving least squares response surface approximations

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 216-224

  Taflanidis, Alexandros A ^a   Cheung, Sai Hung ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Moving least squares; Relative information entropy; Response surfaces; Stochastic sampling; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

MOVING LEAST SQUARES; RELATIVE INFORMATION; RESPONSE SURFACE; STOCHASTIC SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL ADDITIVES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 84860418281     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2011.07.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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