Evaluation of accuracy and efficiency of some simulation and sampling methods in structural reliability analysis

Structural Safety

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 356-392

  Eamon, Christopher D ^a   Thompson, Michel ^a   Liu, Zhenyu ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Importance sampling; Monte Carlo; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; LIMIT STATE FUNCTIONS; RELIABILITY INDEX; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 23844443886     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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