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CHAPTER 15: PROBABILISTIC MODELING AND MONTE CARLO SIMULATION 15.3 Probabilistic Distributions The probabilistic component of a design variable is described using a probabilistic distribution. The distributions are created without referring to a variable. Many design variables can refer to a single distribution. 15.3.1 Normal Distribution The normal distribution is symmetric and centered about the mean µ with a standard deviation of σ. Figure 15-1 Normal Distribution Command file syntax: distribution ‘name’ NORMAL mu sigma Item name mu sigma Description Distribution name Mean value Standard deviation Example: distribution 'normalDist' NORMAL 12.2 1.1 154 LS-OPT Version 2
