Interval Monte Carlo methods for structural reliability

Structural Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-190

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Mullen, Robert L ^b   Muhanna, Rafi L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Epistemic uncertainty; Interval analysis; Interval finite element; Monte carlo simulation; Parameter uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; INTERVAL BOUNDS; INTERVAL ESTIMATE; LIMIT STATE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; SIMULATION PROCESS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77950627938     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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