Discussion of “Improved Model for Computing Time-Variant Reliability Based on Outcrossing Rate” by Hua-Ming Qian, Yan-Feng Li, and Hong-Zhong Huang
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The research described in this paper was supported by the Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the University of Wollongong. This support is gratefully acknowledged. The discusser would like to acknowledge the thoughtful suggestions of two anonymous reviewers, which substantially improved the present paper. Special thankfulness goes to the editor, Professor Bilal M. Ayyub, for his suggestion of writing a note to compare the similarities, differences, and limitations of the two recent papers on the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering.
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Received: Sep 22, 2020
Accepted: Dec 10, 2020
Published online: Jun 16, 2021
Published in print: Sep 1, 2021
Discussion open until: Nov 16, 2021
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