Because of random nature of many dependent variables in coastal engineering, treatment of effective parameters is generally associated with uncertainty. Numerical models are often used for dynamic analysis of complex structures, including mechanical systems. Furthermore, deterministic models are not sufficient for exact anticipation of structure’s dynamic response, but probabilistic models...

Abstract Earthquake is a natural disaster that can induce immense damage to properties and human lives. Fragility curve, defined as the probability of reaching or exceeding specific state under an earthquake excitation, provides prediction may occur during earthquake. Incremental Dynamic Analysis Curve (IDA curve) developed from analysis be considered initial step fragility curve development. T...

In this paper, a comprehensive real-time dispatch model considering renewable uncertainty based on dynamic load flow (DLF) is proposed. Through DLF, the primary and secondary frequency regulation amount caused by the variation of renewable energy as well as the line flow when primary and secondary regulation are deployed can be obtained easily. Not only the frequency constraints, but also the r...

In this paper, a global prosodic word grouping probability estimation method is proposed. By using some statistical probabilities of four kinds of lexical word position types, the optimum prosodic word grouping path of a sentence can be obtained with the dynamic programming approach. In addition, some statistical and rule punish or encourage strategies have been used to improve the accuracy of ...

acceptance sampling models have been widely applied in companies for the inspection and testing the raw material as well as the final products. a number of lots of the items are produced in a day in the industries so it may be impossible to inspect/test each item in a lot. the acceptance sampling models only provide the guarantee for the producer and consumer that the items in the lots are acco...

Put γ̂ = sup{γ : φ(γ) < ∞} ∈ [0,∞]. Note that the function φ(γ) is monotone continuous in the interval (−∞, γ̂), and φ(γ̂) = lim γ↑γ̂ φ(γ) ∈ [1,∞]. We distinguish all the distributions on [0,∞) according to the value of γ̂. If γ̂ = 0, then we say that the distribution F is heavy-tailed; in that case φ(γ) = ∞ for any γ > 0. If γ̂ > 0, then we call the distribution F light-tailed; this happens if and on...

Faced with extreme demands, hypothetical thinking runs the danger of total failure. Paradoxical propositions such as the LIAR (‘I am lying’) provide an opportunity to test it to its limits. Embedded in conditionals, they tended to occasion a breakdown of probabilistic inference (0% True-0% False pattern) demonstrating the vulnerability of hypothetical thinking when taxed by embedded supposition...

We consider the dynamic headway control problem under no-deadlock and no-collision constraints. Different speed limits are applied to different railway segments and junctions according to local geographic conditions. A mathematical programming formulation is given under the consideration of the trains’ dynamics. Then a heuristic rule for train movement is proposed to reduce delay and guarantees...

Given the possibility of communication systems failing catastrophically, we investigate limits to communicating over channels that fail at random times. These channels are finitestate semi-Markov channels. We show that communication with arbitrarily small probability of error is not possible. Making use of results in finite blocklength channel coding, we determine sequences of blocklengths that...