An improvement of the response surface method

Structural Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Allaix, D L ^a   Carbone, V I ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Response surface method; Sensitivity factors; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; DESIGN POINTS; FREE PARAMETERS; ITERATIVE STRATEGY; LIMIT STATE FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEIGHBOURHOOD; POLYNOMIAL EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY METHODS; RESPONSE SURFACE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SAMPLE POINT; SENSITIVITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79952773819     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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