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Reliability based optimization using a decoupling approach and reliability approximations
Author(s) -
Valdebenito Marcos A.,
Schueller Gerhart I.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200700168
Subject(s) - decoupling (probability) , reliability (semiconductor) , representation (politics) , reliability engineering , computer science , mathematical optimization , mathematics , engineering , control engineering , physics , thermodynamics , power (physics) , politics , political science , law
This contributions focuses on the solution of a reliability‐based optimization (RBO) problem using an approximate representation of the structural reliability and a decoupling approach. Such strategy may lead to considerable numerical savings. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)