Hybrid data mining/genetic shredding algorithm for reliability assessment of structural systems

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1451-1460

  Wang, Jian ^a   Ghosn, Michel ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Data collection; Failures; Hybrid methods; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA MINING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DATA COLLECTION; HYBRID METHODS; LINKAGE-LEARNING OPERATORS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33747351253     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)0733-9445(2006)132:9(1451)     Document Type: Article

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