Efficient propagation of imprecise probability models by imprecise line sampling

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksProceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019
Herausgeber/-innenMichael Beer, Enrico Zio
ErscheinungsortSingapur
Seiten2072-2077
Seitenumfang6
ISBN (elektronisch)978-981-11-0745-0
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2019
Veranstaltung29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019 - Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland
Dauer: 22 Sept. 201926 Sept. 2019

Abstract

Uncertainty characterization and propagation through computational models are the two key basic problems in risk and reliability analysis of structures and systems. Commonly used methods are mostly based on precise probability models, which are effective for characterizing the aleatory uncertainty. In real-world applications, the available data of model input variables commonly turn out to be scarce, incomplete and imprecise, and in this case, the epistemic uncertainty also emerges, which prevents us from generating the precise probability models. In this situation, the imprecise probability models such as probability-box model have been developed, and are shown to be especially useful for characterizing these two kinds of uncertainties in a unified framework. However, the performance of the available methods for propagating the imprecise probability models are generally computationally much more expensive than those developed for precise probability model, thus they are not widely used in practical applications. To fill this gap, a new general framework, termed as non-intrusive imprecise stochastic simulation, for efficiently propagating the imprecise probability models, and specifically, for estimating the failure probability bounds, has been developed. In this paper, we inject the line sampling method, which was originally developed for precise stochastic simulation, into the non-intrusive imprecise stochastic simulation framework, so as to further improve the efficiency when applied to low-nonlinear and high-dimensional problems, and to broaden the applicability of this framework. The computational cost of this new development is shown to be the same as the classical line sampling method. The effectiveness of the proposed framework is demonstrated by numerical test examples.

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Efficient propagation of imprecise probability models by imprecise line sampling. / Wei, Pengfei; Song, Jingwen; Valdebenito, Marcos A. et al.
Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019. Hrsg. / Michael Beer; Enrico Zio. Singapur, 2019. S. 2072-2077.

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Wei, P, Song, J, Valdebenito, MA & Beer, M 2019, Efficient propagation of imprecise probability models by imprecise line sampling. in M Beer & E Zio (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019. Singapur, S. 2072-2077, 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019, Hannover, Deutschland, 22 Sept. 2019. https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_0994-cd
Wei, P., Song, J., Valdebenito, M. A., & Beer, M. (2019). Efficient propagation of imprecise probability models by imprecise line sampling. In M. Beer, & E. Zio (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019 (S. 2072-2077). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_0994-cd
Wei P, Song J, Valdebenito MA, Beer M. Efficient propagation of imprecise probability models by imprecise line sampling. in Beer M, Zio E, Hrsg., Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019. Singapur. 2019. S. 2072-2077 doi: 10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_0994-cd
Wei, Pengfei ; Song, Jingwen ; Valdebenito, Marcos A. et al. / Efficient propagation of imprecise probability models by imprecise line sampling. Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2019. Hrsg. / Michael Beer ; Enrico Zio. Singapur, 2019. S. 2072-2077
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