To control the alignment of prestressed concrete bridge during construction, it is reasonable to treat the prediction of the deflection as an uncertainty. This paper presents a Bayesian updating approach to predict the deflection of prestressed concrete girders. A prior distribution is developed by using Monte Carlo stimulation with a proposed deterministic model under a variety of prestressing...

The technological obsolescence of a unit is characterized by the existence of challenger units displaying identical functionalities, but with higher performances. This paper aims to define and model in a realistic way, possible maintenance policies of a system including replacement strategies when one type of challenger unit is available. The comparison of these possible strategies is performed...

Article history: Received 21 December 2016 Received in revised form 18 April 2017 Accepted 20 April 2017 Available online 25 April 2017

Through the use of a few examples, we shall illustrate the use of probability theory, or otherwise, in the study of upper bound questions in the theory of irregularities of point distribution. Such uses may be Monte Carlo in nature but the most efficient ones appear to be quasi Monte Carlo in nature. Furthermore, we shall compare the relative merits of probabilistic and non-probabilistic techni...