Fundamentals of Uncertainty Quantification for Engineers: Methods and Models

Fundamentals of Uncertainty Quantification for Engineers: Methods and Models provides a comprehensive introduction to uncertainty quantification (UQ) accompanied by a wide variety of applied examples, implementation details, and practical exercises to reinforce the concepts outlined in the book. Sections start with a review of the history of probability theory and recent developments of UQ methods in the domains of applied mathematics and data science. Major concepts of probability axioms, conditional probability, and Bayes' rule are discussed and examples of probability distributions in parametric data analysis, reliability, risk analysis, and materials informatics are included. Random processes, sampling methods, and surrogate modeling techniques including multivariate polynomial regression, Gaussian process regression, multi-fidelity surrogate, support-vector machine, and decision tress are also covered. Methods for model selection, calibration, and validation are introduced next, followed by chapters on sensitivity analysis, stochastic expansion methods, Markov models, and non-probabilistic methods. The book concludes with a chapter describing the methods that can be used to predict UQ in systems, such as Monte Carlo, stochastic expansion, upscaling, Langevin dynamics, and inverse problems, with example applications in multiscale modeling, simulations, and materials design. Introduces all major topics of uncertainty quantification with engineering examples, implementation details, and practical exercises provided in all chaptersFeatures examples from a wide variety of science and engineering disciplines (e.g. aerospace, mechanical, material, manufacturing, multiscale simulation)Discusses materials informatics, sampling methods, surrogate modeling techniques, decision tress, multivariate polynomial regression, and more INDICE: 1. Introduction to Uncertainty Quantification for Engineers2. Probability and Statistics in Uncertainty Quantification3. Random Processes in Uncertainty Quantification4. Sampling Methods in Uncertainty Quantification5. Surrogate Modeling in Uncertainty Quantification6. Model Selection, Calibration, and Validation in Uncertainty Quantification7. Sensitivity Analysis in Uncertainty Quantification8. Stochastic Expansion Methods in Uncertainty Quantification9. Markov Models10. Non-Probabilistic Methods in Uncertainty Quantification11. Uncertainty propagation in Uncertainty Quantification

• ISBN: 978-0-443-13661-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 600
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés