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20152022
most citedAn active-learning algorithm that combines sparse polynomial chaos expansions and bootstrap for structural reliability analysis

297 citations

15 papers

cs.LG2022★ 34 cited

Design Space Exploration and Explanation via Conditional Variational Autoencoders in Meta-model-based Conceptual Design of Pedestrian Bridges

Vera M. Balmer, Sophia V. Kuhn, Rafael Bischof +4

For conceptual design, engineers rely on conventional iterative (often manual) techniques. Emerging parametric models facilitate design space exploration based on quantifiable perf…

stat.CO2022★ 25 cited

On off-line and on-line Bayesian filtering for uncertainty quantification of structural deterioration

Antonios Kamariotis, Luca Sardi, Iason Papaioannou +2

Data-informed predictive maintenance planning largely relies on stochastic deterioration models. Monitoring information can be utilized to update sequentially the knowledge on time…

stat.AP2022★ 127 cited

A framework for quantifying the value of vibration-based structural health monitoring

Antonios Kamariotis, Eleni Chatzi, Daniel Straub

The difficulty in quantifying the benefit of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for decision support is one of the bottlenecks to an extensive adoption of SHM on real-world structu…

stat.ME2022★ 14 cited

Sequential Bayesian Inference for Uncertain Nonlinear Dynamic Systems: A Tutorial

Konstantinos E. Tatsis, Vasilis K. Dertimanis, Eleni N. Chatzi

In this article, an overview of Bayesian methods for sequential simulation from posterior distributions of nonlinear and non-Gaussian dynamic systems is presented. The focus is mai…

physics.geo-ph2022★ 15 cited

Bayesian tomography with prior-knowledge-based parametrization and surrogate modeling

Giovanni Angelo Meles, Niklas Linde, Stefano Marelli

We present a Bayesian tomography framework operating with prior-knowledge-based parametrization that is accelerated by surrogate models. Standard high-fidelity forward solvers solv…

stat.AP2021★ 131 cited

Value of information from vibration-based structural health monitoring extracted via Bayesian model updating

Antonios Kamariotis, Eleni Chatzi, Daniel Straub

Quantifying the value of the information extracted from a structural health monitoring (SHM) system is an important step towards convincing decision makers to implement these syste…

physics.class-ph2019★ 7 cited

Localized modes on a metasurface through multi-wave interactions

Martin Lott, Philippe Roux, Léonard Seydoux +4

In this paper, we describe the manifestation of localized states through coherent and incoherent analyses of a diffuse elastic wavefield inside a two-dimensional metamaterial made…

cs.NE2019★ 134 cited

Neural Network Applications in Earthquake Prediction (1994-2019): Meta-Analytic Insight on their Limitations

Arnaud Mignan, Marco Broccardo

In the last few years, deep learning has solved seemingly intractable problems, boosting the hope to find approximate solutions to problems that now are considered unsolvable. Eart…

physics.geo-ph2019★ 30 cited

One neuron is more informative than a deep neural network for aftershock pattern forecasting

Arnaud Mignan, Marco Broccardo

29 August 2018: "Artificial intelligence nails predictions of earthquake aftershocks". This Nature News headline is based on the results of DeVries et al. (2018) who forecasted the…

stat.CO2017★ 93 cited

Principal component analysis and sparse polynomial chaos expansions for global sensitivity analysis and model calibration: application to urban drainage simulation

Joseph B. Nagel, Jörg Rieckermann, Bruno Sudret

This paper presents an efficient surrogate modeling strategy for the uncertainty quantification and Bayesian calibration of a hydrological model. In particular, a process-based dyn…

stat.CO2017★ 297 cited

An active-learning algorithm that combines sparse polynomial chaos expansions and bootstrap for structural reliability analysis

S. Marelli, B. Sudret

Polynomial chaos expansions (PCE) have seen widespread use in the context of uncertainty quantification. However, their application to structural reliability problems has been hind…

stat.CO2017★ 5 cited

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Methods for Subset Simulation in Reliability Analysis

Ziqi Wang, Marco Broccardo, Junho Song

This paper studies a non-random-walk Markov Chain Monte Carlo method, namely the Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) method in the context of Subset Simulation used for structural reliab…

stat.AP2017

Seismic fragility curves for structures using non-parametric representations

C. Mai, K. Konakli, B. Sudret

Fragility curves are commonly used in civil engineering to assess the vulnerability of structures to earthquakes. The probability of failure associated with a prescribed criterion…

stat.CO2015★ 38 cited

Spectral likelihood expansions for Bayesian inference

Joseph B. Nagel, Bruno Sudret

A spectral approach to Bayesian inference is presented. It pursues the emulation of the posterior probability density. The starting point is a series expansion of the likelihood fu…

stat.CO2015★ 97 cited

Using sparse polynomial chaos expansions for the global sensitivity analysis of groundwater lifetime expectancy in a multi-layered hydrogeological model

G. Deman, K. Konakli, B. Sudret +3

The study makes use of polynomial chaos expansions to compute Sobol' indices within the frame of a global sensitivity analysis of hydro-dispersive parameters in a simplified vertic…