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Corresponding methods for estimating the model parameters based on actual earthquake records are also given. The proposed ground motion model can be efficiently applied to simulations as well as analytical solutions of random vibration and reliability studies for inelastic structures. Responses of single-mass inelastic systems and three-story space frames, with or without deterioration, under bi-directional non-stationary ground excitations are investigated via an equivalent linearization method and Monte Carlo simulations. 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