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Publications in Scientific Journals:

C. Gasser, C. Bucher:
"An optimized strategy for asymptotic sampling for reliability analysis";
Structural Safety, 71 (2018), 33 - 40.



English abstract:
Asymptotic sampling is a recently developed method for calculating small failure probabilities of high-dimensional problems. It is based on Monte Carlo simulation, however, extremely small probabilities can be estimated with reasonable computational effort. The present paper presents an optimal strategy for using asymptotic sampling. In particular, it is explained in which cases the accuracy of the results can be increased by applying low-discrepancy sampling. A new surrogate technique is presented for obtaining accurate results also in cases in which low-discrepancy sampling is not applicable effectually. Furthermore, an extension of the method is shown for estimating threshold exceedance probabilities.

German abstract:
Asymptotic Sampling ist eine kürzlich entwickelte Methode zur Abschätzung kleiner Versagenswahrscheinlichkeiten hochdimensionaler Probleme.

Keywords:
Asymptotic sampling, Structural reliability, Reliability index, Failure probability, Computational stochastic analysis


"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2017.11.002


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