Entropy-based importance measure for uncertain model inputs

AIAA Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2319-2334

  Zhangchun, Tang ^a,c   Zhenzhou, Lu ^a,c   Biao, Jiang ^b   Wang, Pan ^a,c   Feng, Zhang ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)   (China)

^c School of Aeronautics   (China)

^d School of Mechanics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY; IMPORTANCE MEASURE; INPUT UNCERTAINTY; MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; REGION OF INTEREST; UNCERTAIN MODELING;

RANDOM VARIABLES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84886038851     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J051669     Document Type: Article

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