A general probabilistic fatigue crack growth prediction methodology for accurate and efficient damage prognosis is proposed in this paper. This methodology consists two major parts. First, the realistic random loading is transformed to an equivalent constant amplitude loading process based on a recently developed mechanism model. This transformation avoids the cycle-by-cycle calculation of fati...

Neighborhood Interchangeability (NI) identifies the equivalent values in the domain of a variable of a Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) by considering only the constraints that directly apply to the variable. Freuder described an algorithm for efficiently computing NI values in binary CSPs. In this paper, we show that the generalization of this algorithm to non-binary CSPs is not straightf...

Selection of the optimal procedure for minimally invasive diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) may be based on clinical factors; however, selection of diagnostic strategy may also be influenced by cost. Economic analysis of minimally invasive diagnosis of PPL has not been performed previously. Decision-tree analysis was applied to compare downstream costs of endobronchial ultrasound...

For SOC (state of charge) assessment techniques based on electrical circuit models, the parameters model are strongly biased by: battery aging, temperature, causing some errors in estimation SOC. One approach to solve this problem is update constantly. We suggest a new algorithm VRLS (variable recursive least squares) 2-resistor-capacitor (RC) network and estimate output voltage. compared squar...

The evaluation of the ground movement induced by tunnelling is vital importance for tunnel construction and safety adjacent facilities. As spatial variability soil was widely acknowledged, more researches take insight into uncertainty analysis tunnelling. However, reliability considering still a tough task since accurate failure probability generally needs time-consuming calculation random fini...