The aim of the statistical and reliability analyses of
any computational problem which can be numerically
simulated is mainly the estimation of the statistical
parameters of the response variable and/or the
theoretical failure probability. The pure Monte Carlo
simulation cannot be applied for time-consuming
problems, as it requires a large number of simulations
(repetitive calculation of response). A small
number of simulations can be used for the acceptable
accuracy of statistical characteristics of response
using the stratified sampling technique Latin
Hypercube Sampling (LHS), e.g. McKey et al.
(1979), Iman & Conover (1980, 1982) or Novák et
al. (1998, 2000).