Efficient first-order reliability analysis of multidisciplinary systems

International Journal of Reliability and Safety

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 137-154

  Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a   Smith, Natasha ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coupled systems; decoupling; Multidisciplinary Analysis (MDA); optimisation; probabilistic methods; reliability analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547514290     PISSN: 1479389X     EISSN: 14793903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijrs.2006.010694     Document Type: Article

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