Abstract:The Rao‐Blackwell scheme provides an algorithm on how to implement sufficient information into statistical models and is adopted here to deterministic material modeling. Even crude initial predictions are improved significantly by Rao‐Blackwellization, which is proven by an error inequality. This is first illustrated by an analytical example of hyperelasticity utilizing knowledge on principal stretches. Rao‐Blackwellization improves a 1‐d uniaxial strain‐energy relation into a 3‐d relation that resembles the c… Show more
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