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PROGRAM - ISUMA 2003



TECHNICAL PROGRAM


Monday September 22, 2003, 11:00am to 12:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session M21     Room 2100                               Transportation Applications I

Chair           Shinya Kikuchi                  
                University of Delaware,          
                Newark, Delaware, USA                                                  
 
________________________________________________________________________
M21-47  Dusan Teodorovic                        Fuzzy Mathematical Programming         
         Virginia
Polytechnic Institute           Model for Optimizing    Airport
                State University, Blacksburg,           Capacity Utilization
                Virginia, USA                                                          
                                         

M21-48  Mauro Dell'Orco                 Measuring Uncertainty in                       
         Politecnico de
Bari, Italy             Information


M21-50  Michele Ottomanelli                     Modeling Drivers Uncertainty
in                      Polytechnic University of Bari, Traffic Assignment Models: A
                        Italy                                   Possibility Theory 
Based Approach
                Vincent Henn                                    
                LICIT-ENTPE, France


M21-23  Metin Senbil and                        Heterogeneity in Commuter              
                 Ryuichi
Kitamura                        Departure Time Decision: A                             
 Kyoto University,
Japan           Prospect Theoretic Approach


                
M21-54  Hitoshi Furuta and                      Evacuation Simulation in Underground 
                Masahiro Yasui                          Mall by Artificial Life 
Technology
                Kansai University, Japan



________________________________________________________________________







Monday September 22, 2003, 11:00am to 12:30pm

______________________________________________________
Session M22     Room 2102                                       Structural 
Applications I

Chair           Achintya Haldar
                University of Arizona
                Tucson, Arizona, USA                                            
________________________________________________________________________
M22-1           Hasan Katkhuda,                                 Stiffness 
Identification Under
                Flores R. Martinez and                          Uncertain Blast Loading
                Achintya Haldar                                                        
                 University of Arizona, Tucson,
                Arizona, USA
                                

M22-4           Jungwon Huh                                     Reliability Evaluation 
using
                Yosu National University, Korea         Finite Element Method
                Sueng Y.Lee 
                Arizona Dept. of Transportation, 
                Arizona, USA    
                Achintya Haldar
                University of Arizona, USA


M22-5           M. Beer, B. Moller, and M. Liebscher            Processing Uncertainty 
in
                        Dresden University of Technology                Structural 
Analysis, Design
                        Germany                                 and Safety Assessment


M22-9           Tarek Kudsi and Sherif Ali                      Reliability of 
Underground                      Dar
Al Handasah Consultants,                        Concrete Structures under              
         Beirut,
Lebanon                         Water Ingress Attack


M22-85  Gerhart Schueller                               Structural Reliability 
                University of Innsbruck                 Estimation Procedures for      
                                                                 High
Dimensional Problems
________________________________________________________________________







Monday September 22, 2003, 11:00am to 12:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session M23     Room 2104                                               Fuzzy Systems I

Co-Chairs       Tibor Vamos                                             J. J. Buckley
                Hungary Academy of Sciences                             University of 
Alabama,                  Budapest,
Hungary                                 Birmingham, Alabama,                           
                                                 USA

________________________________________________________________________
M23-6           Tibor Vamos                                             Why Fuzzy in 
Data                       Hungary Academy of
Sciences                                Mining
                Budapest, Hungary


M23-15  J. J. Buckley, Kelly Reilly                             Crisp Simulation of    
                 and X.
Zheng                                           Fuzzy Computations
                University of Alabama, USA                                      


M23-66  Amir A Meghdadi                                 Uncertainty Modeling
                Azad University of Mashhad                              Through 
Probabilistic   
                Mohammad-R. Akbarzadeh-T.                       Fuzzy Systems
                Ferdowsi University of Mashhad                                         
                                                                                 
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Monday September 22, 2003, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session M31     Room 2100                               Transportation Applications II 

Chair           Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh
                Michigan State University,
                E. Lansing, Michigan, USA
________________________________________________________________________
M31-72  Marie Alice Jacques                     Studying the Importance of Fuzzy
                        University of Brasilia,                 Sets Definitions for 
Fuzzy Signal
                        Brazil                                  Controllers

M31-42  Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh                      Configuring Micro-Genetic
                Michigan State University, USA          Algorithms for Solving
Traffic                 Bashar H. Al Omari                      Control Problems: The 
Case of
                Jordan University of                    Number of Generations
                Science and Technology, Jordan                                         
                                                 

M31-14  Wa'el H. Awad                   Neural Networks Model to Estimate
                Al-Balqa' Applied University            Traffic Capacity for Weaving   
                 Amman,
Jordan                  Segments
                

M31-41  Guilio E. Cantarella and                Modeling Transportation Mode Choice
                S. De Luca                              through Artificial Neural 
Networks
                University of Salerno, Italy            
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Monday September 22, 2003, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
________________________________________________________________________
Session M32     Room 2102                               Manufacturing Applications 

Co-Chairs       L.E.K. Achenie                          Gilberto F. M. de Souza,
                University of Connecticut, Storrs,      University of Sao Paulo, Sao
Paulo,                  Connecticut, USA                        Brazil
________________________________________________________________________
M32-8           Gilberto F. M. de Souza,                Reliability Concepts Applied to
                        João Paolo Marcicano,                   Manufacturing 
Processes Planning
                Carmen Elena P. Rodriguez, and
                Diego M. Tomaz                                  
                University of São Paulo, Brazil
                                                

M32-11  G.M. Ostrovsky, L.E.K. Achenie  Split and Bound Method for
                                I.V Datskov                             Process 
Optimization under                              University of
Connecticut, USA        Parametric Uncertainty
                Yu M. Volin
                Karpov Institute of 
                Physical Chemistry, Russia              


M32-75  Domonkkos Tikk and                      Experiment with a Hierarchical
                Gyorgy Biro                             text Categorization Method on 
the                       Budapest
University of                   WIPO-alpha Patent Collection
                Technology and Economics, 
                Hungary                                 


M32-77  Sanja Petrovic and                      A New Approach to Two   
                Xueyan Song                             Machine Flow Shop Problem with 
                 University of
Nottingham, England     Uncertain Processing Time
                                
                                                        
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Monday September 22, 2003, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session M33     Room 2104                                       Innovative Techniques 
I 

Co-Chairs       Rebecca M. Burnett                              Valerie Cross
                John Hopkins University                 Miami University, Oxford,
                Laurel, Maryland, USA                   Ohio, USA
________________________________________________________________________
M33-63  Steven Langs                                    Experiments in Emergent        
         John Hopkins
University                      Collaboration in Swarms of                      
Maryland, USA                           Simple
Agents


M33-64  Rebecca M. Burnett                              Application of Stochastic      
                 Johns
Hopkins University                      Optimization to Collision                      
 Maryland,
USA                             Avoidance


M33-71  Valerie Cross                                   Uncertainty in the 
                Miami University                                Automation of Ontology 
                 Ohio, USA                                       Matching


M33-79  Sanjeevakumar Redlapalli,                       Development of Quadratic
                Madan M. Gupta and                              Neural Unit with       
                         Ki-Young
Song                            Applications to Pattern                 University of
Saskatchewan                    Classification                                  
Saskatoon, Canada


M33-84  Noriyasu Homma                          Self-Organizing Neural 
                Madan M. Gupta                          Networks by Dynamic and 
                Makoto Yoshizawa, and                   Spatial Changing Weights
                Kenichi Abe
                University of Saskatchewan
                Saskatoon, Canada
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Monday September 22, 2003, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session M41     Room 2100                               Transportation Applications 
III 

Chair           Shinya Kikuchi                                  
                University of Delaware,         
                Newark, Delaware, USA           

________________________________________________________________________
M41-40  Guilio E. Cantarella and                Fuzzy Utility Theory for
Analyzing                       Viviana Fedele                  Discrete Choice 
Behavior
                University of Salerno, Italy                             


M41-43  Phillip Rust and                        Evaluation Freeway Diversion Route
                Ahmed Abdel-Rahim                       Plans in Integrated Incident   
                         University of
Idaho                   Management Systems under                                USA    
                                 Uncertainties


M41-46  Shinya Kikuchi                  Fuzziness in the Parameters of                 
 University
of Delaware,            Transportation Analysis
                Delaware, USA                           


M41-17  Thamizh V. Arasan and                   Modeling Stochasticity of              
                 Reebu
Zachariah Koshy                 Heterogeneous Traffic
                IIT Madras, India                       
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Monday September 22, 2003, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session M42     Room 2102                                       Innovative Techniques 
II 

Co-Chairs       Robb Wilcox
                Johns Hopkins University,                                              
 
                Laurel, Maryland, USA
________________________________________________________________________
M42-29  Cliff Joslyn                                    Multi-Interval Elicitation of 
                Los Alamos National Lab,                        Random Intervals for   
                         New Mexico,
USA                             Engineering Reliability                                
                                         Analysis


M42-38  Vicente Romero, John Burkhardt          Initial Evaluation of                  
         Max
Gunzburger, and Janet Peterson  Centroidal Voroni                               Sandia 
National
Laboratories,           Tessellation as a Sampling
                New Mexico, USA                         Method for Function            
                                                                 Integration and
Statistical                                                                     
Sampling


M42-60  Li Junian,                                      Fuzzy Control of Multiple
                Tony Chau, and                          Medium Admissions in ATM
                Li Tong                                         Network
                ZLC AI Institute, USA   

M42-86  Robb Wilcox                                     Uncertainty Modeling of        
 
                Johns Hopkins University                        Data and Uncertainty 
                Maryland, USA                           Propagation for Risk Studies
                Bilal M. Ayyub
                University of Maryland
                Maryland, USA
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Monday September 22, 2003, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session M43     Room 2104                                       Fuzzy Systems II
Chair           Mark Kaminskiy
                University of Maryland
                Maryland, USA


________________________________________________________________________
M43-22  Prakhar Vaish                                   Application of Fuzzy Theory 
                Bangalore, India                                to Term Based 
Portfolio                                                                         
Selection


M43-57  Sio Iong Ao                                     Hybrid Fuzzy-EC System in      
                 The Chinese
University of Hong Kong,        Simulation and Selection of                     Hong
Kong                                    Stock Experts


M43-21  T. Y.Lin                                                Apply Fuzzy Logic to   
                 National Defense
University,                     Smart-Bike Controller                   Taiwan         
                                 Design


M43-58  Sio Iong Ao                                     Using Fuzzy Rules for          
         The Chinese University
of Hong Kong,           Prediction in Tourist                           Hong Kong      
                                 Industry with
Uncertainty
                                                        
_____________________________________________________________________
Tuesday September 23, 2003, 8:30am to 10:30am

________________________________________________________________________
Session T11     Room 2104                               Panel Discussion on Fuzzy 
Systems

Moderator       G.J. Klir
                State University of New York 
                at Binghamton, New York, USA
________________________________________________________________________
It is envisaged that the following three directions will dominate the
agenda of basic and applied research within the area of fuzzy systems
in the coming years:
1.      A development of practical methods for dealing with large-scale
fuzzy systems that may be knowledge-based, model-based, or combined. 
Efforts in this direction will undoubtedly involve not only the use of
neural networks, genetic algorithms, and other software tools, but
also specialized hardware for fuzzy logic and fuzzy arithmetic.
2.      Fuzzy systems will play a central role in developing computing with
expressions in natural language which, in turn, will attempt to
approximate perceptions.  This challenging area will require
additional developments of fuzzy set theory, including the areas based
on the various non-standard fuzzy sets, as well as addressing the
issues of fuzzy probabilities, principles of linguistic approximation,
and other challenging issues.  3.       Increasing use and greater
acceptance of the use of fuzzy systems in science (as contrasted with
engineering, where fuzzy systems are well established).  Some of the
sciences where fuzzy systems are likely to be accepted soon include
chemistry, geology, geography, economics and some areas of computer
science.
________________________________________________________________________
Panelists       Shinya Kikuchi                  
                University of Delaware          
                Newark, Delaware, USA           

                Tibor Vamos
                Hungary Academy of Sciences
                Budapest, Hungary

                Hitoshi Furuta 
                Kansai University
                Osaka, Japan

                J. J. Buckley
                University of Alabama
                Birmingham, Alabama, USA
________________________________________________________________________




Tuesday September 23, 2003, 11:00am to 12:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T21     Room 2100                       Panel Discussion on Transportation

Moderator       Shinya Kikuchi
                University of Delaware,
                Newark, Delaware, USA


________________________________________________________________________
The formulation and solution of current transportation problems
involves the application of different uncertainty principles. 
Recently, the combination of different uncertainty techniques, the so
called Hybrid Approach, has been increasing attention.  This panel
will discuss both the philosophical and mathematical nature of these
hybrid techniques.
________________________________________________________________________
Panelists       Dusan Teodorovic
                Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
                State University, Blacksburg,
                Virginia, USA   

                Mauro Dell'Orco
                Politecnico de Bari, Italy

                Michael Bell
                Imperial College of London,
                London, England

                Ryuichi Kitamura
                Kyoto University
                Kyoto, Japan

                Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh
                Michigan State University, 
                Michigan, USA
________________________________________________________________________











Tuesday September 23, 2003, 8:30am to 10:30am

________________________________________________________________________
Session T12     Room 2102                                               Risk Analysis

Co-Chairs       Chris L. Pettit                                         I. Assakkaf
                Air Force Research Laboratory                           University of 
Maryland, 
                Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,                        College Park, 
                Ohio, USA                                               Maryland, USA

________________________________________________________________________
T12-3           Pavel Marek                                             Simulation as 
an 
                Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;      Alternative to 
                Achintya Haldar                                 Risk-Based Engineering 
         University of Arizona,
USA                             Design


T12-7           Mark Jablonowski                                        Exploratory 
Modeling 
                United Technologies Corporation/Otis                    Managing 
Uncertain
                        Elevator, Connecticut, USA                              Risk


T12-37  Chris L. Pettit and                                     Risk Allocation for 
                Duane E Veley                                           Systems 
Engineering of 
                Air Force Research Laboratory                           Airframes


T12-76  Bilal Ayyub and                                         Risk-Based Compliance  
         Khalid
Nejaim                                          Assessment Models for                  
 University of
Maryland                                        Personal Flotation                     
 USA                                                     Devices


T12-78  I. Assakkaf and                                                 
Reliability-Based                       J.
Cardenas-Garcia                                 Design of Doubler
                University of Maryland, USA                             Plates for 
Ship                                                                                   
      Structures
________________________________________________________________________









Tuesday September 23, 2003, 8:30am to 10:30am

________________________________________________________________________
Session T13     Room 2104                                       Biological Applications

Chair           Robert J.Sclabassi                              
                University of Pittsburgh                        
                Pittsburgh, USA



________________________________________________________________________
T13-25  Bin Tian, Mingui Sun                            A Unified Compensation 
                Robert J. Sclabassi, and                        Approach for Speech 
                Kechu Yi                                        Recognition in 
Severely                         University of Pittsburgh,
USA                     Adverse Environment
                                


T13-39  Lin-Sen Pon,                                    Inter-Ictal Spike
                Mingui Sun, and                         Analysis using Stochastic
                Robert J. Sclabassi                             Point Processes
                University of Pittsburgh, USA                   


T13-69  Rafael E. Herrera                               Event-Related Noise Reduction 
                Mingui Sun                                      using the Hidden 
Markov Tree 
                Ronald E. Dahl                                  Model
                Neal D. Ryan, and 
                Robert J. Sclabassi
                Presbyterian University Hospital,
                Pittsburgh, USA


T13-73  Daniel Bentil                                   Modeling Uncertainty in        
         University of
Vermont                         Population Dynamics
                Vermont, USA
________________________________________________________________________









Tuesday September 23, 2003, 11:00am to 12:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T22     Room 2102                       Panel Discussion: Neural Networks-Past,
                                                        Present and Future

Moderator       Madan Gupta
                University of Saskatchewan
                Saskatoon, Canada
________________________________________________________________________
With the evolution of our complex technological society and the
introduction of new notions and innovative theoretical tools in the
field of intelligent systems, the field of neural networks is
undergoing an enormous evolution.  These evolving and innovative
theoretical tools are centered around the theory of soft computing, a
theory that embodies the theory from the fields of neural network,
fuzzy logic, evolutionary computing, and genetic algorithms.  These
tools of soft computing are used to introduce some intelligence and
robustness in the complex and uncertain systems similar to those found
in biological species.  In this session we will examine the past and
the present of this exciting field of neural networks, and cast upon
some new thoughts for the future research work.
________________________________________________________________________
Panelists       Hitoshi Furuta                   
                Kansai University               
                Osaka, Japan                                    

                Robert J. Sclabassi 
                University of  Pittsburgh
                Pittsburgh, USA

                Deidre E. Paris                 
                Clark Atlanta University         
                Atlanta, Georgia, USA   
                
                G. W. Flintsch
                Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
                State University, Virginia, USA
________________________________________________________________________










Tuesday September 23, 2003, 11:00am to 12:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T23     Room 2104               Panel Discussion on Optimization under
                                                        Uncertainty

Moderator       Vicente Romero
                Sandia National Laboratories,
                New Mexico, USA

________________________________________________________________________

All optimization with computer models is really optimization under
uncertainty (OUU) because of the inherent error and uncertainty in
these models.  Therefore, Model Validation becomes important in
optimization.  Uncertainty exists not only in the models, but
sometimes also in the inputs and controls of the physical system or
process to be optimized, and perhaps in the process or system itself
even if supplied fixed inputs and controls.  All of these complexities
must be taken into account in optimization, and therefore OUU presents
an exciting research challenge.  Is the sophisticated research having
an input in the real world?  Can you relay any experiences where a
product has been improved or a decision made based on OUU modeling? 
What are the future prospects for the more sophisticated OUU
approaches versus the classical experimental design/response surface
methodology approaches to OUU?
________________________________________________________________________
Panelists       Rebecca M. Burnett
                Johns Hopkins University
                Laurel, Maryland, USA

                Sharon Padula 
                NASA, Langley Research Center,
                Hampton, Virginia, USA

                Chun-Hung Chen
                George Mason University,
                Fairfax, Virginia, USA

                Brian Rutherford 
                Sandia National Laboratories
                Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
________________________________________________________________________








Tuesday September 23, 2003, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T31     Room 2100                               Optimization under Uncertainty 
I

Co-Chairs       Vicente Romero                  Sharon Padula 
                Sandia National Laboratories,           NASA, Langley Research Center,
                New Mexico, USA                 Virginia, USA
                                                                                       
 
________________________________________________________________________
T31-32  Sharon Padula,                          Aerospace Applications of              
                 Clyde Gumbert,
and                     Optimization under Uncertainty
                Li Wu
                NASA
                Langley Research Center, USA


T31-65  Xueyong Qu and                  Reliability-Based Design Optimization 
                Raphael T. Haftka                       of Stiffened Panels
                University of Florida, USA


T31-68  Dhanesh Padmanabhan                     Monte Carlo Simulation on              
                 University
of Notre Dame, USA              Reliability- Based Optimization                        
                                                 using
Approximation Concepts


T31-27  Michael N. Levy,                        Quasi-Newton Methods for Stochastic 
Michael W. Trosset and                  Optimization
Rex Kincaid                             
                College of William & Mary, USA
________________________________________________________________________
















Tuesday September 23, 2003, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T32     Room 2102                               Neural Networks


Chair           Deidre E. Paris                 
                Clark Atlanta University,               
                Atlanta, Georgia, USA                   
________________________________________________________________________
T32-2           Robyn R. Bates,                         Seizure Detection by Recurrent 
Back  
                Mingui Sun,                             Propagation Neural Network 
Analysis
                Mark L. Scheuer, and
                Robert J. Sclabassi
                University of Pittsburgh, USA


T32-26  Qiang Liu,                              An Application of MAP to Change 
                Mingui Sun, and                         Detection in Moving Video
                Robert J. Sclabassi 
                University of Pittsburgh, USA


T32-81  Ki-Young Song,                  Cubic Neural Unit for Control 
                S. Redlapalli and                       Applications
                Madan M. Gupta
                University of Saskatchewan
                Canada


T32-82  Ivo Bukovsky,                           Quadratic and Cubic Neural Units
                S. Redlapalli, and                      for Identification and Fast 
State 
                Madan M. Gupta                  Feedback Control of Unknown 
                University of Saskatchewan              Non-Linear Dynamic Systems
                Canada

________________________________________________________________________










Tuesday September 23, 2003, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T33     Room 2104                               Asset Management Applications

Co-Chairs       Adjo Amekudzi                   Hitoshi Furuta
                Georgia Institute of Technology Kansai University, 
                Atlanta, Georgia, USA           Osaka, Japan
________________________________________________________________________
T33-16  Deidre E. Paris                         Neural Networks for Managing           
                 Clark
Atlanta University, USA         Multifamily Properties

T33-83  Mauro Dell'Orco                 An Artificial Intelligence Approach
                Politecnico de Bari, Italy              for Parking Facilities 
Management

T33-56  Hitoshi Furuta and                      Time Series Prediction of Earthquake
                Yasutoshi Nomura                        Input by Using Soft Computing
                Kansai University, Japan
________________________________________________________________________
























Tuesday September 23, 2003, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T41     Room 2100                                       Panel Discussion on    
                                                                         Structural
Applications

Moderator       Achintya Haldar
                University of Arizona, 
                Arizona, USA
________________________________________________________________________
Presence of uncertainties in structural design involving concrete,
masonry, steel, and wood has been accepted by the profession.  All
related design codes have been modified or in the process of being
modified.  However, the practicing structural engineering community
essentially ignored such developments.  There are many reasons for
this avoidance including lack of education, unavailability of computer
programs or other design aids, lack of interest of the regulatory
agencies, etc.  An open discussion by the experts participating in
ISUMA'03 is expected to shed more light on the subject and may help us
develop strategies that can be used in the future to promote
risk-based structural design.
________________________________________________________________________
Panelists       M. Beer 
                Dresden University of Technology
                Germany
                

                Tarek Kudsi
                Dar Al Handasah Consultants
                Beirut, Lebanon

                Zoubir Lounis                           
                National Research Council               
                Ontario, Canada                 

                Mustapha Chouman
                Dar Al Handasah Consultants
                Beirut, Lebanon

________________________________________________________________________








Tuesday September 23, 2003, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T42     Room 2102                               Transportation Applications IV

Co-Chairs       Dusan Teodorovic
                Virginia Polytechnic Institute and 
                State University, Blacksburg,                                          
                 Virginia, USA            
________________________________________________________________________
T42-55  Taegon Kim                              Delay Predictive Modeling on the 
                Junghoon Kim                            Continuous Exit-After-Entrance 
Ramp 
                Eunjin Lee, and                         Junctions of the Urban Freeway 
under 
                Inyeong Kwon                            the Speed Surveillance
                Korea Maritime University
                South Korea

T42-61  Anthony Chen                            A Two-Dimensional Simulation
                Pravinvongvuth Surachet,                Technique for Quantifying the
                Chootinanan Piya, and                   Uncertainty of a Combined 
Travel
                Utah State University, USA              Demand Model

T42-62  Anthony Chen,                           A Simulation-based Multi-Objective 
                Kitti Subprasom, and                    Genetic Algorithm (SMOGA) for 
                Eric Z. Ji                              Transportation Network Design 
                Utah State University, USA              Problem
________________________________________________________________________




















Tuesday September 23, 2003, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

________________________________________________________________________
Session T43     Room 2104                               Optimization    under 
Uncertainty II

Chair           Vicente Romero                                          
                Sandia National Laboratories
                New Mexico, USA
________________________________________________________________________
T43-13  James Glimm,                            Prediction using Numerical Simulations,
                Li Yunha,                               A Bayesian Framework for 
Uncertainty 
                David Sharp, and                        Quantification and its 
Statistical 
                Kenny Ye,                               Challenges
                SUNY at Stony Brook, USA


T43-19  Chun-Hung Chen,                 Efficient Sampling for Simulation-
                George Mason University, USA            based Optimization under 
Uncertainty


T43-24  Brian Rutherford,                       A Response Modeling Approach to
                Sandia National Laboratories,           Experimental Design for 
Optimal 
                USA                                     Product Design


T43-33  Jim Kao,                                Using Extended Kalman Filter for Data
                Dawn Flicker,                           Assimilation and Uncertainty 
                R. Henninger,                           Quantification in Shock-Wave 
                Michael Ghil, and                       Dynamics
                Kayo Ide
                Los Alamos National Laboratory,
                USA
________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday September 24, 2003, 8:30am to 10:30am

________________________________________________________________________
Session W11     Room 2100                       Optimization under Uncertainty III

Co-Chairs       Vicente Romero                  Sharon Padula
                Sandia National Laboratories    NASA, Langley Research Center
                New Mexico, USA         Virginia, USA
________________________________________________________________________
W11-35  Vicente Romero          Application of Probabilistic Ordinal                   
         Doug
Ayon, and                       Optimization Concepts to a Continuous-Variable
                Chun-Hung Chen          Probabilistic Optimization Problem
                Sandia National Laboratories
                USA


W11-67  David W. Hutchison and  Simulation Optimization of Airline Delay
                Stacy D. Hill                   with Constraints and Multiple 
Objectives
                Johns Hopkins 
                University, USA


W11-34  Z. Wan, and                     Adaptive Sampling for Optimization 
                T. Igusa                        under Uncertainty
                Johns Hopkins 
                University, USA

________________________________________________________________________



















Wednesday September 24, 2003, 8:30am to 10:30am

________________________________________________________________________
Session W12     Room 2102                                       Structural 
Applications II

Chair           Tarek N.. Kudsi,                                
                Dar Al Handasah Consultants                     
                Beirut, Lebanon                         
________________________________________________________________________
W12-10  Mustapha Chouman,                               Assessment of Methods          
                 Dar Al Handasah
Consultants                     Predicting Tendon Loss
                Beirut, Lebanon                         and Concrete Compression Loss  
                                                         in
Partially Pre-stressed                                                                 
         Concrete


W12-12  Mustapha Chouman                                Initial and Long Term          
                 Dar Al Handasah
Consultants                     Deflection of Partially
                Beirut, Lebanon                         Pre-Stressed Concrete
                                                                 

W12-18  Tarek N. Kudsi  and`                            Reliability of Underground 
                Ali S. Sharif                                   Concrete Structures 
under 
                Dar Al Handasah Consultants                     Water Ingress Attack
                Beirut, Lebanon                         


W12-28  Tarek N. Kudsi, and                             Risk Assessment of an Existing 
                Rania Al-Hammoud,                               Concrete Structure "A 
System 
                Dar Al Handasah Consultants                     Reliability-Based 
Approach"
                Beirut, Lebanon


W12-36  Zoubir Lounis,                                  Probabilistic Modeling of      
                 National
Research Council                        Chloride Contamination   &
                Canada                                          Corrosion of Concrete 
Bridge                                                                    Structures
________________________________________________________________________









Wednesday September 24, 2003, 8:30am to 10:30am

________________________________________________________________________
Session W13     Room 2100                       Panel Discussion on Genetic Algorithm
                                                        Applications

Moderator       Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh              
                Michigan State University,
                E. Lansing, Michigan, USA

________________________________________________________________________
Genetic algorithms are based on a biological metaphor: They view
learning as a competition among a population of evolving candidat



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