Reliability analysis of structures by iterative improved response surface method

The moving least-squares method (MLSM) is a more accurate approach compare to the least-squares method (LSM) based approach in approximating implicit response of structure. The advantage of MLSM over LSM is explored to reduce the number of iterations required to obtain the updated centre point of design of experiment (DOE) to construct the final response surface for efficient reliability analysis of structures. The initial response surface is...