Parallel processing in structural reliability

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-126

  Pellissetti, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Parallel computing; Stochastic structural mechanics; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; MARKOV CHAINS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SET THEORY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TALL BUILDINGS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; PARALLEL PERFORMANCE; PARALLELIZATION STRATEGIES; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 67349174452     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2009.32.1.095     Document Type: Article

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