Research Article

Improved Response Surface Method Based on Linear Gradient Iterative Criterion

Table 2

Calculation results of example 2.

Used methodReduction coefficientIteration timesFailure probabilityReliability indexRelative error (%)

Monte Carlo method3.48 × 10−21.8143
Traditional response surface method91.32 × 10−22.219422.33

The proposed method0.0162.28 × 10−22.000010.24
0.0552.28 × 10−22.000010.24
0.252.28 × 10−22.000010.24
0.472.28 × 10−22.000010.24
0.692.28 × 10−22.000010.24
0.8162.27 × 10−22.000910.28