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This paper proposes a new approach for analyzing seismic accelerograms using the evolutionary Power Spectral Density function (ePSDF). The accelerogram of an earthquake can be accurately modeled and simulated from its spectrogram, based on…
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Understanding output variance is critical in modeling nonlinear dynamic systems, as it reflects the system's sensitivity to input variations and feature interactions. This work presents a methodology for dynamically determining relevance…
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