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Sensitivity of First-Excursion Probabilities for Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamical Systems

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Valdebenito, M., Jensen, H.A. (2015). Sensitivity of First-Excursion Probabilities for Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamical Systems. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_162

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