A Modified Conjugate Gradient Approach for Reliability-Based Design Optimization
IEEE Access, 2020 To improve the efficiency of structural reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) based on the performance measure approach (PMA), a modified conjugate gradient approach (MCGA) is proposed for RBDO with nonlinear performance function.
Zhiming Wang, Yafei Zhang, Yalong Song
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A New Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Method Accounting for Discrete and Continuous Variables under Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainties [PDF]
International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2012 Various uncertainties are inevitable in complex engineered systems and must be carefully treated in design activities. Reliability-Based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (RBMDO) has been receiving increasing attention in the past decades to ...
Hong-Zhong Huang +4 more
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Water distribution network optimization using maximum entropy under multiple loading patterns [PDF]
, 2013 This paper proposes a maximum entropy-based multi-objective genetic algorithm approach for the design optimization of water distribution networks (WDNs). The novelty is that in contrast to previous research involving statistical entropy the algorithm can
Czajkowska, Anna, Tanyimboh, Tiku
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Complex network analysis of water distribution systems
, 2011 This paper explores a variety of strategies for understanding the formation, structure, efficiency and vulnerability of water distribution networks. Water supply systems are studied as spatially organized networks for which the practical applications of ...
Jeffrey, P., Yazdani, A.
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Multiobjective Reliability-Based Design Optimization of the Fuzzy Logic Controller for MR Damper-Based Structures [PDF]
, 2023 Pei Pei, Ser Tong Quek, Yongbo Peng
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Fuzzy Design Optimization-Based Fatigue Reliability Analysis of Welding Robots
IEEE Access, 2020 In this work, a fuzzy design optimization-based fatigue reliability analysis technique is addressed to obtain the optimal fatigue reliability of the structures with random parameters under the minimum fluctuation of fatigue life.
Pengpeng Zhi +4 more
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Composite laminate tailoring with probabilistic constraints and loads [PDF]
A reliability-based structural synthesis procedure was developed to tailor laminates to meet reliability-based (ply) strength requirements and achieve desirable laminate responses.
Chamis, C. C., Thanedar, P. B.
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Demand uncertainty In modelling WDS: scaling laws and scenario generation [PDF]
, 2016 Water distribution systems (WDS) are critical infrastructures that should be designed to work properly in different conditions. The design and management of WDS should take into account the uncertain nature of some system parameters affecting the overall
Capannolo, Francesca +3 more
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Reliability-Based Design Optimization of a Composite Airframe Component [PDF]
A stochastic optimization methodology (SDO) has been developed to design airframe structural components made of metallic and composite materials. The design method accommodates uncertainties in load, strength, and material properties that are defined by ...
Coroneos, Rula +2 more
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Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Vehicular Networks: Taming the Age of Information Tail [PDF]
, 2018 While the notion of age of information (AoI) has recently emerged as an important concept for analyzing ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), the majority of the existing works have focused on the average AoI measure. However, an average AoI
Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed K. +4 more
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