...Yichao Zeng; Zhao Zhao; Guofeng Qian; Michael D. Todd; Zhen Hu Bayesian inference based on computational simulations plays a crucial role in model-informed damage diagnostics and the design of reliable engineering systems, such as the miter gates studied in this article. While Bayesian inference...

.... 26 07 2018 28 05 2019 29 05 2019 optimal experimental design Kullback–Leibler divergence uncertainty quantification information gain mutual information Gaussian processes Bayesian inference Engineering problems require either computationally intensive computer codes...

... 1 0.1 0.346 80 Deterministic optimum We have developed a method to estimate design reliability under incomplete information using Bayesian inference. With incomplete information, we can obtain only a distribution estimate of the reliability instead of a point estimate. Assuming...