Surrogate modeling and uncertainty quantification tasks for PDE systems are most often
considered as supervised learning problems where input and output data pairs are used for …

A critical appraisal of reliability procedures for high dimensions is presented. Available
approximate methods and methods based on Monte Carlo simulation are discussed. It is shown …

The present paper is concerned with the estimation of structural reliability when a large number
of random variables is present. A sampling technique which uses lines in order to probe …

A procedure denoted as Line Sampling (LS) has been developed for estimating the reliability
of static and dynamical systems. The efficiency and accuracy of the method is shown by …

Objectives/Hypothesis: Although drug‐induced sleep endoscopy is often employed to determine
the site of obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who will undergo …

Although nasal surgery has limited efficacy in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) treatment,
some patients experience improvement. The present study tested the hypothesis that post-…

Background Positional obstructive sleep apnoea (POSA), defined as a supine apnoea–hypopnoea
index (AHI) twice or more as compared to the AHI in the other positions, occurs in 56 …

Objectives/Hypothesis Currently, drug‐induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) in obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) is predominantly performed in supine position. When positional therapy (…

The present study deals with the non‐linear stochastic dynamic analysis of a soil–structure
interacting system. The ultimate objective is to determine the risk of damage to the system …

The present paper advocates a probabilistic framework for assessing structural vulnerability
against earthquakes. This is justified by the significant randomness that characterizes not …