Application of subset simulation methods to reliability benchmark problems

Structural Safety

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-193

  Au, S K ^a   Ching, J ^b   Beck, J L ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo method; Reliability; Splitting; Stochastic simulation; Subset simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY THEORY;

RELIABILITY BENCHMARK PROBLEMS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; SUBSET SIMULATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY THEORY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33847347292     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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