A new direct second-order reliability analysis method
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2017.10.026
Abstract: Abstract In the second-order reliability method, the limit state function in arbitrarily distributed random variables is approximated by a quadratic polynomial of standard normal variables. The fitted quadratic polynomial is then used to calculate the… read more here.
Keywords: second order; order; order reliability; reliability method ... See more keywords
An efficient reliability method combining adaptive Support Vector Machine and Monte Carlo Simulation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2017.04.006
Abstract: Abstract To enhance computational efficiency in reliability analysis, metamodeling has been widely adopted for reliability assessment. This work develops an efficient reliability method which takes advantage of the Adaptive Support Vector Machine (ASVM) and the… read more here.
Keywords: adaptive support; support vector; reliability method; vector machine ... See more keywords