Reliability prediction through guided tail modeling using support vector machines

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 227, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2780-2794

  Acar, Erdem ^a  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Guided simulations; high reliability; support vector machines; tail modeling

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZED LAMBDA DISTRIBUTION; GUIDED SIMULATIONS; HIGH RELIABILITY; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS; LIMIT-STATE FUNCTION; RELIABILITY PREDICTION; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; THRESHOLD ESTIMATION;

ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY;

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 84890101768     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: 20412983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954406213479846     Document Type: Article

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