Bayesian Network Enhanced with Structural Reliability Methods: Application
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Abstract
The enhanced Bayesian network (eBN) methodology described in the companion paper facilitates the assessment of reliability and risk of engineering systems when information about the system evolves in time. We present the application of the eBN: (1) to the assessment of the life-cycle reliability of a structural system; (2) to the optimization of a decision on performing measurements in that structural system; and (3) to the risk assessment of an infrastructure system subject to natural hazards and deterioration of constituent structures. In all applications, observations of system performances or the hazards are made at various points in time and the eBN efficiently includes these observations in the analysis to provide an updated probabilistic model of the system at all times.
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Acknowledgments
Parts of this work were supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) through Grant No. UNSPECIFIEDPA002-111428. Additional support from the Taisei Chair Fund at the University of California, Berkeley is acknowledged.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 136 • Issue 10 • October 2010
Pages: 1259 - 1270
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Received: Jul 27, 2009
Accepted: Mar 17, 2010
Published online: Sep 15, 2010
Published in print: Oct 2010
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