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Improved versions of two optimization algorithms commmonly used in first-order reliability analysis are developed. One is for determining the first-order reliability index β. The other is for inverse reliability analysis, i.e., determining the value of a deterministic parameter such that the reliability index equals a target value β t . Besides being mathematically more rigorous, these new versions are much simpler than earlier versions of these algorithms.
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Zhang, Y., Der Kiureghian, A. (1995). Two Improved Algorithms for Reliability Analysis. In: Rackwitz, R., Augusti, G., Borri, A. (eds) Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34866-7_32
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