A review and assessment of importance sampling methods for reliability analysis

A Tabandeh, G Jia, P Gardoni - Structural Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the mathematical foundation of the importance sampling technique and
discusses two general classes of methods to construct the importance sampling density (or …

Sampling methods for solving Bayesian model updating problems: A tutorial

A Lye, A Cicirello, E Patelli - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
This tutorial paper reviews the use of advanced Monte Carlo sampling methods in the
context of Bayesian model updating for engineering applications. Markov Chain Monte …

Dense reinforcement learning for safety validation of autonomous vehicles

S Feng, H Sun, X Yan, H Zhu, Z Zou, S Shen, HX Liu - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
One critical bottleneck that impedes the development and deployment of autonomous
vehicles is the prohibitively high economic and time costs required to validate their safety in …

Intelligent driving intelligence test for autonomous vehicles with naturalistic and adversarial environment

S Feng, X Yan, H Sun, Y Feng, HX Liu - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Driving intelligence tests are critical to the development and deployment of autonomous
vehicles. The prevailing approach tests autonomous vehicles in life-like simulations of the …

EMCS-SVR: hybrid efficient and accurate enhanced simulation approach coupled with adaptive SVR for structural reliability analysis

C Luo, B Keshtegar, SP Zhu, X Niu - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
In structural reliability analysis, robust and efficient sampling methods that address low
failure probabilities are vital challenges. In this paper, a novel dynamical adaptive enhanced …

Assessing small failure probabilities by AK–SS: An active learning method combining Kriging and Subset Simulation

X Huang, J Chen, H Zhu - Structural Safety, 2016 - Elsevier
With complex performance functions and time-demanding computation of structural
responses, the estimation of small failure probabilities is a challenging problem in …

[图书][B] Uncertainty quantification

C Soize - 2017 - Springer
This book results from a course developed by the author and reflects both his own and
collaborative research regarding the development and implementation of uncertainty …

MCMC algorithms for subset simulation

I Papaioannou, W Betz, K Zwirglmaier… - Probabilistic Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
Subset Simulation is an adaptive simulation method that efficiently solves structural
reliability problems with many random variables. The method requires sampling from …

Review of uncertainty-based multidisciplinary design optimization methods for aerospace vehicles

W Yao, X Chen, W Luo, M Van Tooren, J Guo - Progress in Aerospace …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of Uncertainty-Based Multidisciplinary Design
Optimization (UMDO) theory and the state of the art in UMDO methods for aerospace …

[图书][B] Bayesian methods for structural dynamics and civil engineering

KV Yuen - 2010 - books.google.com
Bayesian methods are a powerful tool in many areas of science and engineering, especially
statistical physics, medical sciences, electrical engineering, and information sciences. They …