New maximum entropy-based algorithm for structural design optimization

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 66, Issue , 2019, Pages 26-40

  Li, Gang ^a   Zhou, Chunxiao ^a,b   Zeng, Yan ^a   He, Wanxin ^a   Li, Haoran ^a,c   Wang, Ruiqiong ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Astronautical Systems Engineering   (China)

^c AECC Co LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Maximum entropy method; Nonlinear transformation; Reliability analysis; Univariate dimension reduction method

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; DIMENSION REDUCTION METHOD; ERROR OF PREDICTIONS; NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; PREDICTION OF FAILURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; TRANSFORMATION FUNCTIONS;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS;

EID: 85053796165     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2018.09.019     Document Type: Article

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