Hybrid genetic algorithms for structural reliability analysis

Computers and Structures

Volumn 85, Issue 19-20, 2007, Pages 1524-1533

  Cheng, Jin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Failure probability; Genetic algorithms; Limit state function; Monte Carlo simulation with importance sampling; Reliability method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATE LIMIT STATES; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; LIMIT STATE FUNCTIONS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 34548408324     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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