Form Taylor series approximation in “u-space” at variable means
Topics
reliability_methods
Specification
Alias: None
Arguments: None
Description
This mpp_search option performs a single Taylor series approximation in the
transformed space of the uncertain variables (“u-space”) centered at the uncertain variable means.
This option is commonly known as the Advanced Mean Value (AMV) method, but is performed in u-space
instead of x-space.
Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA-0003525.
