Abstract
The present paper is concerned with the estimation of structural reliability when a large number of random variables is present. A sampling technique which uses lines in order to probe the failure domain, is presented. The latter is employed in conjunction with a stepwise procedure which makes use of Markov Chains. The resulting algorithm exhibits accelerated convergence. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 409-417 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2004 |
Keywords
- reliability
- simulation
- line sampling
- Markov chain Monte Carlo
- PROBABILITIES