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After an outline of the concept of stochastic (probabilistic / statistical) dependence and of the corresponding models for the structural reliability analysis, two algorithms are presented which may be used in the reliability analysis / seismic risk assessment of structures whose failure can be represented in terms of chains of component or elementary failures. Both of them involve specific matriceal techniques.
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Cărăusu, A.D., Vulpe, A.N. (1992). Structural Reliability Analysis by Stochastic Dependence Models and Matriceal Techniques. In: Rackwitz, R., Thoft-Christensen, P. (eds) Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems ’91. Lecture Notes in Engineering, vol 76. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84753-0_8
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