Risk-based life-cycle loss assessment using statistical moments

Y. Zhang, Y. Li

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Abstract

Evaluating the economic loss of civil infrastructure subjected to hazards can be significant for life-cycle risk assessment. In the past, the expected value of loss has been widely investigated during risk assessment and employed as a standard decision-making criterion. However, the inherent uncertainties may be neglected when focusing on the mean value. Hence, other statistical moments, especially the higher-order moments, and the probability density function of the long-term loss should be considered. In this paper, a probabilistic analysis framework is proposed for risk quantification to compute the probability density function of the long-term loss using statistical moments. By using the first-four statistical moments of the long-term loss, the maximum entropy method can construct the probability density function of the long-term loss effectively and accurately. The proposed method can enhance the computation efficiency during risk assessment and benefit the decision-making process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLife-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems - Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2023
EditorsFabio Biondini, Dan M. Frangopol
Pages1961-1966
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event8th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2023 - Milan, Italy
Duration: 2 Jul 20236 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameLife-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems - Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2023

Conference

Conference8th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2023
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityMilan
Period2/07/236/07/23

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