Characterization, costing, and selection of uncertainty propagation methods for use with large computational physics models

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Romero, Vicente J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS MODEL; DISCRETIZATION EFFECTS; INPUT RANDOM VARIABLES; MOST PROBABLE POINT; RELIABILITY APPROACH; SYSTEMS APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85067321787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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