A method for reliability-based optimization with multiple non-normal stochastic parameters: A simplified airshed management study

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-116

  Chan, Kuei Yuan ^a   Papalambros, Panos Y ^b   Skerlos, Steve J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy decisions under uncertainty; Joint constraint reliability; Non normal uncertainty; Reliability based design optimization (RBDO)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONSTRAINTS; ACTIVE SETS; CALINE4; EFFICIENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; JOINT CONSTRAINT; JOINT CONSTRAINT RELIABILITY; JOINT RELIABILITY; NON-NORMAL RANDOM PARAMETERS; NORMAL VECTOR; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; PROBABILISTIC CONSTRAINTS; RANDOM PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY BASED OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY INDEX; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHM; SPEED LIMIT; STOCHASTIC PARAMETERS; UPPER BOUND;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MACHINE DESIGN; MOORING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

RELIABILITY;

ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949773850     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-009-0304-4     Document Type: Article

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