A comparative study of probability estimation methods for reliability analysis

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-52

  Xi, Zhimin ^a   Hu, Chao ^b   Youn, Byeng D ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Johnson system; MEP; Pearson system; Reliability analysis; Saddlepoint approximation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPARISON METRICS; CUMULATIVE DENSITY FUNCTIONS; JOHNSON SYSTEM; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; MEP; PEARSON SYSTEM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); PROBABILITY ESTIMATION; SADDLE-POINT APPROXIMATION; STATISTICAL MOMENTS; SYSTEM RESPONSE; TAIL PROBABILITY;

HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84859592811     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-011-0656-5     Document Type: Article

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