Monte Carlo and variance reduction methods for structural reliability analysis: A comprehensive review

C Song, R Kawai - Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo methods have attracted constant and even increasing attention in structural
reliability analysis with a wide variety of developments seamlessly presented over decades …

A multi-fidelity surrogate model based on extreme support vector regression: Fusing different fidelity data for engineering design

ML Shi, L Lv, L Xu - Engineering Computations, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Extreme support vector regression (ESVR) has been widely used in the design,
analysis and optimization of engineering systems of its fast training speed and good …

Enhanced Kriging leave-one-out cross-validation in improving model estimation and optimization

Y Pang, Y Wang, X Lai, S Zhang, P Liang… - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV) is a widely used technique in model estimation
and selection of the Kriging surrogate model for engineering problems, such as structural …

Adaptive reliability analysis for multi-fidelity models using a collective learning strategy

C Zhang, C Song, A Shafieezadeh - Structural Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
In many fields of science and engineering, models with different fidelities are available.
Physical experiments or detailed simulations that accurately capture the behavior of the …

Uncertainty quantification in low-probability response estimation using sliced inverse regression and polynomial chaos expansion

PTT Nguyen, L Manuel - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
For wave energy converters (WECs), wind turbines, etc., estimation of response extremes
over a selected exposure time is important during design. Sources of uncertainty arising …

A novel sampling method for adaptive gradient-enhanced Kriging

M Lee, Y Noh, I Lee - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel infill-sampling strategy for adaptive gradient-enhanced Kriging
(AGEK) that delivers superior results on a limited budget. The primary innovation of this …

Reliability based design optimization of bridges considering bridge-vehicle interaction by Kriging surrogate model

P Ni, J Li, H Hao, H Zhou - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a reliability-based design optimization method for bridge structures,
considering the uncertainties of the material parameters and the effect of bridge-vehicle …

Multi-output Gaussian process prediction for computationally expensive problems with multiple levels of fidelity

Q Lin, J Hu, Q Zhou, Y Cheng, Z Hu, I Couckuyt… - Knowledge-Based …, 2021 - Elsevier
The multi-output Gaussian process (MOGP) modeling approach is a promising way to deal
with multiple correlated outputs since it can capture useful information across outputs to …

A novel fidelity selection strategy-guided multifidelity kriging algorithm for structural reliability analysis

J Yi, Y Cheng, J Liu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Multifidelity (MF) surrogate models have recently attracted intensive attention due to their
advantage of reducing computational demand by fusing multiple sources of data. However …

Active learning with multifidelity modeling for efficient rare event simulation

SLN Dhulipala, MD Shields, BW Spencer… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
While multifidelity modeling provides a cost-effective way to conduct uncertainty
quantification with computationally expensive models, much greater efficiency can be …