System reliability analysis based on dependent Kriging predictions and parallel learning strategy

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 218; p. 108083
• Main Authors: Xiao, Ning-Cong, Yuan, Kai, Zhan, Hongyou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Adaptive Kriging; Adaptive systems; Complex systems; Computational efficiency; Computer applications; Computing time; Failure analysis; Iterative methods; Learning; Minimal path sets; Monte Carlo simulation; Numerical methods; Parallel learning; Parallel processing; Reliability analysis; Reliability engineering; Surrogate models; System effectiveness; System reliability; Training; Adaptive Kriging; Minimal path sets; Surrogate models; System reliability; Parallel learning; Complex systems

•A new reliability method is proposed based on dependent Kriging predictions and parallel learning strategy.•A parallel learning strategy is proposed for complex system reliability problems.•The proposed method is effective for complex system reliability problems.•The proposed method can significant...