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u_taylor_mean

Form Taylor series approximation in "u-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 transformed space of the uncertain variables ("u-space") centered at the uncertain variable means. This option is commonly known as the Advanced Mean Value (AMV) method, but is performed in u-space instead of x-space.