TY - GEN
T1 - Reliability updating with measurements in spatially distributed systems using stochastic simulation
AU - Straub, D.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A recently developed method for reliability updating with equality information [Straub D., Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, under review] is investigated for application to spatially distributed systems. In contrast to existing ones, the novel method enables the use of stochastic simulation (e.g. Monte Carlo or importance sampling) for reliability updating with any type of information. The main benefit of this approach over existing methods is that it is robust and calculations can thus be automated. This is of particular relevance for spatially distributed systems subject to uncertain information (e.g. though measurements, monitoring, observations of system performances), which require a large number of conditional reliability calculations. In the current paper it is shown that for such systems, stochastic simulation in combination with the novel method can provide accurate results for a large number of locations simultaneously.
AB - A recently developed method for reliability updating with equality information [Straub D., Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, under review] is investigated for application to spatially distributed systems. In contrast to existing ones, the novel method enables the use of stochastic simulation (e.g. Monte Carlo or importance sampling) for reliability updating with any type of information. The main benefit of this approach over existing methods is that it is robust and calculations can thus be automated. This is of particular relevance for spatially distributed systems subject to uncertain information (e.g. though measurements, monitoring, observations of system performances), which require a large number of conditional reliability calculations. In the current paper it is shown that for such systems, stochastic simulation in combination with the novel method can provide accurate results for a large number of locations simultaneously.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861089996&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1201/b10497-26
DO - 10.1201/b10497-26
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861089996
SN - 9780415881791
T3 - Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems - Proceedings of Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems
SP - 213
EP - 220
BT - Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems - Proceedings of Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 15th International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 7.5 on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems
Y2 - 7 April 2010 through 10 April 2010
ER -