Structural reliability sensitivity analysis method based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo subset simulation

Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Song, Shufang ^a   Lv, Zhenzhou ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conditional probability; Distribution parameter; Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation; Reliability sensitivity; Subset simulation

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETER; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO (MCMC) SIMULATION; RELIABILITY SENSITIVITY; SUBSET SIMULATION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SET THEORY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 65649106887     PISSN: 05776686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/JME.2009.04.033     Document Type: Article

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