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Extreme values and crossings for the X2-Process and Other Functions of Multidimensional Gaussian Processes, by Reliability Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Georg Lindgren
Georg Lindgren*
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University of Lund
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Abstract

Extreme values of non-linear functions of multivariate Gaussian processes are of considerable interest in engineering sciences dealing with the safety of structures. One then seeks the survival probability

where X(t) = (X1(t), …, Xn(t)) is a stationary, multivariate Gaussian load process, and S is a safe region. In general, the asymptotic survival probability for large T-values is the most interesting quantity.

By considering the point process formed by the extreme points of the vector process X(t), and proving a general Poisson convergence theorem, we obtain the asymptotic survival probability for a large class of safe regions, including those defined by the level curves of any second- (or higher-) degree polynomial in (x1, …, xn). This makes it possible to give an asymptotic theory for the so-called Hasofer-Lind reliability index, β = inf>x∉S ||x||, i.e. the smallest distance from the origin to an unsafe point.

Keywords

CONVERGENCE OF POINT PROCESSESEXTREMAL THEORYRELIABILITYCHI-SQUARED PROCESSESCROSSINGSMAXIMASAFETY INDEXSAFETY OF STRUCTURES
Type
Research Article
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1980 , pp. 746 - 774
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1980 

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