Numerical simulation of structural response is a challenging issue in earthquake engineering and there has been remarkable progress in this area in the last decade. Endurance Time (ET) method is a new response history based analysis procedure for seismic assessment and structural design in which structures are subjected to a gradually intensifying dynamic excitation and their seismic performanc...

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In simulation-based optimization of queuing systems, the presence of discrete-valued parameters (such as buffer sizes and the number of servers) makes the optimization difficult. We propose a novel technique for embedding such discrete parameters into a continuous space, so that optimization can be performed efficiently using continuous-space methods. Unlike spatial interpolation, our embedding...

Virtual engineering utilizes various computer–based simulation techniques for the analysis of complex systems such as mechanical structures, environmental systems, production processes, and even whole production plants. One main goal of virtual engineering is to find the optimum for mechanical structures, facilities, or production processes in terms of cost, time, energy consumption etc. Hence,...