Adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functions

A novel method for estimation of rare event probability is proposed, which works also for computational models returning categorical information only: success or failure. It combines the robustness of simulation methods (counting failure events) with the strength of approximation methods which refin...

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Main Author: Miroslav Vořechovský
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Technical University in Prague 2022-08-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
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Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/8399
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description A novel method for estimation of rare event probability is proposed, which works also for computational models returning categorical information only: success or failure. It combines the robustness of simulation methods (counting failure events) with the strength of approximation methods which refine the boundary between the failure and safe sets. Two basic tasks are identified: (i) extension of the experimental design (ED) and (ii) estimation of probabilities. The new extension algorithm adds points for limit state evaluation to the ED by balancing the global exploration and local exploitation, and the estimation uses the pointwise information to build a simple surrogate and perform a novel optimized importance sampling. No connection is presumed between the limit function value at point and its proximity to the failure surface. A new global sensitivity measure of the failure probability to individual variables is proposed and obtained as a by-product of the proposed methods.
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spelling doaj-art-eea6257fa2034baeb895b8a3a24544a52025-08-20T03:57:55ZengCzech Technical University in PragueActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings2336-53822022-08-013626927910.14311/APP.2022.36.02695639Adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functionsMiroslav Vořechovský0Brno University of Technology, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech RepublicA novel method for estimation of rare event probability is proposed, which works also for computational models returning categorical information only: success or failure. It combines the robustness of simulation methods (counting failure events) with the strength of approximation methods which refine the boundary between the failure and safe sets. Two basic tasks are identified: (i) extension of the experimental design (ED) and (ii) estimation of probabilities. The new extension algorithm adds points for limit state evaluation to the ED by balancing the global exploration and local exploitation, and the estimation uses the pointwise information to build a simple surrogate and perform a novel optimized importance sampling. No connection is presumed between the limit function value at point and its proximity to the failure surface. A new global sensitivity measure of the failure probability to individual variables is proposed and obtained as a by-product of the proposed methods.https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/8399exploitationexplorationreliability
spellingShingle Miroslav Vořechovský
Adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functions
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
exploitation
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reliability
title Adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functions
title_full Adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functions
title_fullStr Adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functions
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functions
title_short Adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functions
title_sort adaptive sequential sampling for reliability estimation of binary functions
topic exploitation
exploration
reliability
url https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/8399
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