In the original formulation of influence diagrams, each model contained exacly one utility node. Tatman and Shachter (1990) introduced the possibility of having super-value nodes that represent the sum or the product of their parents’ utility functions. However the algorithm they proposed for dealing with super-value nodes has two shortcomings: it requires dividing potentials when reversing arc...

We investigate the correlation functions of the one-dimensional Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process (ASEP) with open boundaries. The conditions for the boundaries are made most general. The correlation function is expressed in a multifold integral whose behavior we study in detail. We present a phase diagram of the correlation length. For the case the correlation length diverges, we further giv...

Optimization of the sectional wing in ground effect (WIG) has been studied using ahigh order numerical procedure and response surface method (RSM). Initially, the effects of the ground clearance, angle of attack, thickness, and camber of wing have been investigated by a high-resolutionscheme, which is highlystrong and accurate. In the numerical simulation, Normalized Variable Diagram (NVD) sche...

This study investigates the mode identifiability of a multi-span cable-stayed bridge in terms of a benchmark study utilizing stabilization diagrams of system model identified by means of the stochastic subspace identification (SSI). The cumulative contribution ratios (CCR) estimated from singular values of system model was also considered. Observations demonstrated that wind speed might influen...

Abstract. An evaluation of a model's overall performance in simulating multiple fields is fundamental to model intercomparison and development. A multivariable integrated (MVIE) method was proposed previously based on vector field (VFE) diagram, which can provide quantitative comprehensive fields. In this study, we make further improvements from the following aspects. (1) We take area weighting...

The prediction of aerodynamic characteristics and smart flap of airfoil under the ground effect are carried out by the integration of computational fluid dynamics. Considering different types of beams, a parametric bending profile of a smart flap is designed. Cantilever beam with uniformly varying load with roller support at the free end is considered in here. A pressure-based implicit procedur...

Figure: Averaged normalized importances for X1 from 100 simulated datasets (simulation process described below) for m=1,2,3,4 (left to right) with β1=(4,1,1,0.3) , corr(Xj,Xk)=ρ |j−k| with ρ=−0.9 to 0.9 in steps of 0.1 Grey line: true normalized LMG allocation; Black line: true normalized PMVD allocation : Variable importance (% MSE Reduction) from RF-CART; ×: Variable importance (% MSE Reducti...