Some statistical procedures to refine estimates of uncertainty when sparse data are available for model validation and calibration

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Romero, Vicente ^a   Rutherford, Brian ^a   Newcomer, Justin ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY; MODEL VALIDATION; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RANDOM MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RANDOM QUANTITY; RANDOM RESPONSE; RANDOM VARIABILITY; RANDOM VARIATES; SPARSE DATA; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

CALIBRATION; SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872478990     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-1709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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