@article{ref1,
title="Four-moment reliability analysis for static and time-dependent problems",
journal="Reliability engineering",
year="1980",
author="Parkinson, D.B.",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="29-42",
abstract="A reliability analysis is described in which the sample moments of the design variables are used to define the first four moments of a function representing the condition of failure, or malfunction, in the space of the design variables. These moments are then employed in transforming the failure function to a space of a normal random variable so permitting an estimate of failure probability to be made. A four-moment Reliability Index is defined and some examples of the technique are provided. The extension of the technique to stationary stochastic processes, for time-dependent problems, is discussed, and some alternative transformation procedures are compared.<p />",
language="",
issn="0143-8174",
doi="10.1016/0143-8174(80)90012-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0143-8174(80)90012-8"
}