An indicator response surface-based monte carlo method for efficient component and system reliability analysis

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 A, Issue , 2003, Pages 45-54

  Zou, Tong ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^b   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a   Tu, Jian ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oakland University   (United States)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING;

ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842811849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/dac-48708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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