Arithmetic operations on independent random variables: A numerical approach

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Jaroszewicz, Szymon ^a   Korzeń, Marcin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Poland)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arithmetic of random variables; Numerical approximation; Uncertainty propagation

Indexed keywords

CHEBYSHEV POLYNOMIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; POLYNOMIALS; RANDOM VARIABLES; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARITHMETIC OF RANDOM VARIABLES; ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS; INDEPENDENT RANDOM VARIABLES; MODELING PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 84861406879     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110839680     Document Type: Article

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