Structural health monitoring (SHM) is developing rapidly to fulfill the world's need for resilient
and sustainable communities. Due to the current advancements in machine learning and …

In this paper, the widely known path integral method, derived from the application of the
Chapman–Kolmogorov equation, is described in details and discussed with reference to the …

The digital twin (DT) is a virtual replica of real-world buildings, processes, structures, people,
and systems created and maintained to answer questions about its physical part, the …

High-precision time-dependent reliability analysis (TDRA) is essential for small failure
probability estimation and life-cycle design and maintenance for engineering structures of …

Rare-event probability estimation has a wide range of applications, including the design and
manufacture of precision equipment, aerospace systems, and critical industrial and civil …

In this paper, a novel method to determine the distribution of a random variable from a
sample of data is presented. The approach is called generalized kernel density maximum …

Civil infrastructure may degrade due to the adverse effects of continuous damage (eg,
reinforcement corrosion) and sudden shocks (eg, earthquakes) during its service life. Many …

This paper proposes a novel algorithm to reconstruct an unknown distribution by fitting its
first-four moments to a proper parametrized probability distribution (PPD) model. First, a PPD …

Evaluating the failure probabilities with rare events remains a challenging task, especially
when dealing with complex limit state functions with high-dimensional random inputs. To …

In this chapter, an integrated approach for a holistic (involving notions of safety, resiliency
and sustainability) building design is presented to select the optimal design alternative …