Reliability analysis of earth slopes using hybrid chaotic particle swarm optimization

Journal of Central South University of Technology (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1626-1637

  Khajehzadeh, M ^a   Taha, M R ^a   El Shafie, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Earth slopes; Harmony search; Particle swarm optimization; Reliability analysis; Stability assessment

Indexed keywords

EARTH SLOPE; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FIRST-ORDER SECOND-MOMENT METHOD; HARMONY SEARCH; HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; HYBRID ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; PARTICLE SWARM; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; PRICE METHOD; RELIABILITY INDEX; SLIP SURFACES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRENGTH; STABILITY ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM VARIABLES; SAFETY FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856294087     PISSN: 10059784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11771-011-0882-4     Document Type: Article

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