Recent progress in computer science and stringent requirements of the design of “greener”
buildings put forwards the research and applications of simulation-based optimization …

Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) is an active field of research with an ever
increasing number of contributions. Numerous methods have been proposed for the solution …

In infrastructure management, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) has emerged as a
decision support tool to integrate various technical information and stakeholder values …

Since its original introduction in structural design, density-based topology optimization has
been applied to a number of other fields such as microelectromechanical systems …

In recent years, significant advances have been accomplished in the fields of modeling,
analysis, and design of deteriorating civil engineering systems, and novel approaches to life …

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 …

Bridge deterioration models are used for prioritization and maintenance of bridges. These
models can be broadly classified as deterministic and stochastic models. There are …

sections dealing with fuzzy functions and fuzzy random functions are certain to be of special
interest. The reader is expected to be in command of the knowledge gained in a basic …

Proper treatment of structural behavior under severe loading-such as the performance of a
high-rise building during an earthquake-relies heavily on the use of probability-based …

The response surface method (RSM) is widely adopted for structural reliability analysis
because of its numerical efficiency. However, the RSM is time consuming for large-scale …