Predict MPP using Two-point Adaptive Nonlinear Approximation in “x-space”
Topics
reliability_methods
Specification
Alias: None
Arguments: None
Description
This mpp_search option uses an x-space Taylor series approximation at the
uncertain variable means for the initial MPP prediction, then utilizes the
Two-point Adaptive Nonlinear Approximation (TANA) outlined in
[ Xu98 “Xu and Grandhi, 1998”] for all subsequent MPP predictions.
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