ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering: Recent submissions
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Uncertainty Management in Remanufacturing Decisions: A Consideration of Uncertainties in Market Demand, Quantity, and Quality of Returns
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)As market demand for remanufactured products increases and environmental legislation puts further enforcement on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), remanufacturing is becoming an important business. However, profitability ... -
Parameter Dependent Lyapunov Functions in the Robust Control of Discrete Linear Repetitive Processes Using Previous Pass Windowed Information
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The variables in multidimensional systems are functions of more than one indeterminate, and such systems cannot be controlled by standard systems theory. This paper considers a subclass of these systems that operate over ... -
Intricate Interrelation between Robustness and Probability in the Context of Structural Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this study, we deal with the problem of structural optimization under uncertainty. In previous studies, either of three philosophies were adopted: (a) probabilistic methodology, (b) fuzzysetsbased design, or (c) ... -
Special Section on Nonprobabilistic Approaches for Handling Uncertainty in Engineering
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Design processes involve several sources of uncertainties in loads and/or parameters that may seriously affect the estimates of performance and reliability of engineering systems. The selection of an appropriate mathematical ... -
Robust H Infinity Control for a Premium Pricing Model With a Predefined Portfolio Strategy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this paper, the robust Hinfinity (Hâˆ) control problem for a premium pricing process is investigated with parameters uncertainty. A previous model is modified by taking into account a predefined risky investment strategy. ... -
An Extended Kalman Filtering Mechanism Based on Generalized Interval Probability
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Kalman filter has been widely applied for state identification in controllable systems. As a special case of the hidden Markov model, it is based on the assumption of linear dependency relationships and Gaussian noise. The ... -
Nonlinear Oscillator Stochastic Response and Survival Probability Determination via the Wiener Path Integral
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A Wiener path integral (WPI) technique based on a variational formulation is developed for nonlinear oscillator stochastic response determination and reliability assessment. This is done in conjunction with a stochastic ... -
Developments in Robust and Stochastic Predictive Control in the Presence of Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Modelbased predictive control (MPC), arguably the most effective control methodology for constrained systems, has seen rapid growth over the last few decades. The theory of classical MPC is well established by now, and ... -
A Fast Convergence Parameter for Monte Carlo–Neumann Solution of Linear Stochastic Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The Neumann series is a wellknown technique to aid the solution of uncertainty propagation problems. However, convergence of the Neumann series can be very slow, often making its use highly inefficient. In this article, a ... -
Identifying Structural Breaks in Stochastic Mortality Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In recent years, the issue of life expectancy has become of utmost importance to pension providers, insurance companies, and government bodies in the developed world. Significant and consistent improvements in mortality ... -
A New Approach for Forecasting the Price Range with Financial Interval Valued Time Series Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper proposes an intervalbased methodology to model and forecast the price range or rangebased volatility process of financial asset prices. Comparing with the existing volatility models, the proposed model utilizes ... -
Prospect Theory based Real Options Analysis for Noncommercial Assets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)When an engineering system has the ability to change or adapt based on a future choice, then flexibility can become an important component of that system’s total value. However, evaluating noncommercial flexible systems, ... -
Evaluation of Design Alternatives’ Environmental Impact by Integrating Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Evidential Reasoning Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Today “ecodesign†is a necessary consideration in the product development process. With increasing general awareness of the need for environmental production and more stringent regulatory requirements, manufacturers ... -
Risk Models for Evaluation and Type Classification of Personal Flotation Devices
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper presents proposed models for assessing the aggregate performance of personal flotation devices (PFDs) by using risk methods. The aggregate performance is used to quantify the probability of a PFD saving lives ... -
Probabilistic Solution of a Duffing Type Energy Harvester System Under Gaussian White Noise
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper proposes a solution procedure to formulate an approximate joint probability density function (PDF) of a Duffingtype energy harvester system under Gaussian white noise. The joint PDF solution of displacement, ... -
Infrastructure Decay Modeling With the Input Output Inoperability Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Asset management and infrastructure interdependency concepts are found to be useful in the study of infrastructure decay. As such, infrastructure decay is modeled with the inputoutput inoperability model (IIM), which is a ... -
Special Issue on Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty Using Systems and Control Theory Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A concerted effort was made to achieve broad thematic perspective and geographic representation. This special issue is intended to aid in increasing interest and expansion of the crossdisciplinary field of the quantification, ... -
On Risk Based Design of Complex Engineering Systems: An Analytical Extreme Event Framework
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this work, a novel analytical framework is proposed for the riskbased design of complex engineering systems. The risk baseddesign process is the reverse process of risk propagation that entails the optimum allocation ... -
Evaluation of the Norwegian Major Hazard Risk Management Approach for Offshore Installations in the Concept Selection Phase
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The current risk management regulatory approach for the Norwegian offshore petroleum industry came into effect in 2001, but relatively few new installations were decided after 2001 for development until quite recently. ... -
Structural Life Expectancy of Marine Vessels: Ultimate Strength, Corrosion, Fatigue, Fracture, and Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper provides a methodology for the structural reliability analysis of marine vessels based on failure modes of their hull girders, stiffened panels including buckling, fatigue, and fracture and corresponding life ...