Augmenting approximate solutions for consistent reliability analysis

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-87

  Au, S K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Markov chains; Meta model; Monte Carlo method; Seismic risk; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

MARKOV CHAINSMARKOV CHAINS; RELIABILITY ESTIMATES; SEISMIC RISK; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; TOTAL PROBABILITY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 33750313710     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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