Accession Number:

AD1042973

Title:

Survey of Existing Uncertainty Quantification Capabilities for Army Relevant Problems

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Oct 2016,01 Sep 2017

Corporate Author:

US Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground United States

Personal Author(s):

• Ramsey,James J

Report Date:

2017-11-27

Pagination or Media Count:

70.0

Abstract:

This report surveys the current state of the art in uncertainty quantification. It provides a brief overview of uncertainty quantification methods, a survey of currently available software implementations of these methods, and a discussion of how these implementations may be integrated into a workflow on a high-performance computing cluster. Finally, it provides an example of how existing uncertainty quantification capabilities may be applied to an example problem of Army interest, namely simulation of the dynamic penetration of armor.

Descriptors:

• probability density functions
• graphical user interface
• computer programming
• statistical sampling
• random variables
• high performance computing
• bayesian networks
• application software
• monte carlo method
• artificial neural networks
• algorithms
• surveys
• computational fluid dynamics
• uncertainty
• MILITARY APPLICATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE