An entropy-based global sensitivity analysis for the structures with both fuzzy variables and random variables

Based on the entropy of the uncertain variable, a novel importance measure is proposed to identify the effect of the uncertain variables on the system, which is subjected to the combination of random variables and fuzzy variables. For the system with the mixture of random variables and fuzzy variables, the membership function of the failure probability can be obtained by the uncertainty propagation theory first. And then the effect of each input variable on the output response of the system can be evaluated by measuring the shift between entropies of two membership functions of the failure probability, obtained before and after the uncertainty elimination of the input variable. The intersecting effect of the multiple input variables can be calculated by the similar measure. The mathematical properties of the proposed global sensitivity indicators are investigated and proved in detail. A simple example is first employed to demonstrate the procedure of solving the proposed global sensitivity indicators and then the influential variables of four practical applications are identified by the proposed global sensitivity indicators.

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