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x_taylor_mean

Form Taylor series approximation in "x-space" at variable means

## Topics

This keyword is related to the topics:

- reliability_methods

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): none

## Description

This mpp_search option performs a single Taylor series approximation in the space of the original uncertain variables ("x-space") centered at the uncertain variable means, searches for the MPP for each response/probability level using this approximation, and performs a validation response evaluation at each predicted MPP. This option is commonly known as the Advanced Mean Value (AMV) method.