Coastal bridges are vulnerable to complicated hydrodynamics induced by hostile natural
hazards, relevant research is thus required to ensure the safe operation of these critical …

In computational simulation, a high-fidelity (HF) model is generally more accurate than a low-
fidelity (LF) model, while the latter is generally more computationally efficient than the …

Due to its high efficiency, surrogate models have been extensively used in black-box-type
engineering optimization problems. However, due to the nature of black-box functions, it is …

Mixing is an important operation in the chemical industry. The present numerical study,
validated by experimental data, offers a computational framework for minimizing the stirred …

In identifying groundwater contaminant sources, given that the simulation model is
computationally inefficient, an ensemble surrogate model is proposed to improve the …

The determination of complex underlying relationships between system parameters from
simulated and/or recorded data requires advanced interpolating functions, also known as …

Based on the method combining Genetic Aggregation response surface and Multi-Objective
Genetic Algorithm, the effects of configuration parameters of spiral-wound heat exchanger …

Recently, multi-fidelity information fusion based surrogate modeling methods have made
great progress in the engineering design and optimization tasks. Two main issues in this …

Hybrid or ensemble surrogate models developed in recent years have shown a better
accuracy compared to individual surrogate models. However, it is still challenging for hybrid …

I am deeply grateful to Dr. Raphael Haftka for his guidance during the development of this
toolbox and for his valuable comments on the documentation. I thank Dr. Tushar Goel for his …