An LSTM-Based ensemble learning approach for time-dependent reliability analysis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2021
Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Abstract
This paper presents a long short-term memory (LSTM)-based ensemble learning approach for time-dependent reliability analysis. An LSTM network is first adopted to learn system dynamics for a specific setting with a fixed realization of time-independent random variables and stochastic processes. By randomly sampling the time-independent random variables, multiple LSTM networks can be trained and leveraged with the Gaussian process (GP) regression to construct a global surrogate model for the time-dependent limit state function. In detail, a set of augmented data is first generated by the LSTM networks and then utilized for GP modeling to estimate system responses under time-dependent uncertainties. With the GP models, the time-dependent system reliability can be approximated directly by sampling-based methods such as the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). Three case studies are introduced to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed approach.
Publication Title
Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME
Recommended Citation
Li, M.,
&
Wang, Z.
(2021).
An LSTM-Based ensemble learning approach for time-dependent reliability analysis.
Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME,
143(3).
http://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048625
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