An initial comparison of methods for representing and aggregating experimental uncertainties involving sparse data

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Romero, Vicente ^a   Swiler, Laura ^a   Urbina, Angel ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON OF METHODS; DATA SAMPLE; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; MODEL VALIDATION; RANDOM QUANTITY; SPARSE DATA; TEST PROBLEM; UNCERTAINTY REPRESENTATION;

CHARACTERIZATION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 84872436691     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-1705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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