Comparison of a simple approximation for multinormal integration with an importance sampling-based simulation method

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 215-218

  Pandey, M D ^a   Sarkar, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Multinormal integration; Probability; Simulation; System reliability

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY;

SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0036531951     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-8920(02)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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