Publication detail

Neural network ensemble-based sensitivity analysis in structural engineering: Comparison of selected methods and the influence of statistical correlation

PAN, L. NOVÁK, L. NOVÁK, D. LEHKÝ, D. CAO, M.

Original Title

Neural network ensemble-based sensitivity analysis in structural engineering: Comparison of selected methods and the influence of statistical correlation

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Surrogate model-based sensitivity analysis, especially framed by neural network ensemble (NNE), is an attractive but unresolved issue in structural reliability assessment. In this paper, differing from existing studies, an overview and assessment of typical methods for surrogate model-based parameter sensitivity analysis, namely the input perturbation method, the local analysis of variance, the connection weight method, the non-parametric Spearman rank-order correlation method, and the Sobol indices method, are performed and demonstrated on three illustrative cases of increasing complexity: a simple theoretical instance, an engineering case of midspan deflection of a simply-supported beam, and a real-world practical application of shear failing in a precast concrete girder. Through comprehensive comparisons, several findings are obtained as follows: (i) the NNE is testified a superior surrogate model for sensitivity analysis to a single artificial neural network; (ii) robustness and accuracy of an NNE in sensitivity analysis are demonstrated; (iii) the properties of these parameter sensitivity analysis methods are fully clarified with distinguished merits and limitations; (iv) mechanism of local- and global- sensitivity analysis methods is revealed; and (v) the strategy for sensitivity analysis of correlated descriptive variables are elaborated to address the impact of correlation among random variables in engineering systems. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Global sensitivity analysis; Local sensitivity; Statistical correlation; Neural network ensemble

Authors

PAN, L.; NOVÁK, L.; NOVÁK, D.; LEHKÝ, D.; CAO, M.

Released

1. 1. 2021

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Location

OXFORD

ISBN

0045-7949

Periodical

COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES

Year of study

242

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

19

Pages count

19

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045794920301796

BibTex

@article{BUT166139,
  author="Lixia {Pan} and Lukáš {Novák} and Drahomír {Novák} and David {Lehký} and Maosen {Cao}",
  title="Neural network ensemble-based sensitivity analysis in structural engineering: Comparison of selected methods and the influence of statistical correlation",
  journal="COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES",
  year="2021",
  volume="242",
  number="1",
  pages="1--19",
  doi="10.1016/j.compstruc.2020.106376",
  issn="0045-7949",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045794920301796"
}