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Record W4407240179 · doi:10.1115/1.4067867

Sensitivity Analysis Based on the Fisher Information Matrix Applied to Systems With Random Design Inputs

2025· article· en· W4407240179 on OpenAlexaff
Luís Andrade, R.S. Langley, Jiannan Yang

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Mechanical Design · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldDecision Sciences
TopicProbabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
Canadian institutionsYork University
FundersEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
KeywordsFisher informationSensitivity (control systems)Computer scienceMatrix (chemical analysis)Random matrixAlgorithmMathematicsStatisticsEngineeringPhysicsEigenvalues and eigenvectorsElectronic engineeringMaterials science

Abstract

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Abstract Uncertainties in the parameters adopted during the design process make it challenging to design against the reliability of an engineering system. The identification of parameters that are more sensitive to uncertainties is carried out by a sensitivity analysis of the distribution of the output variables. In this context, we have explored the relation between the Fisher information matrix (FIM) and the design entropy, to develop a framework to analyze the degree of change of the probability of failure and entropy as a result of the variation of input parameters. It is found that the changes in the entropy and probability of failure, associated to the variation of the parameters of the distribution of the input variables, are linear combinations of the eigenvalues of the FIM and the projections of the eigenvectors onto the sensitivity vectors, respectively. As an application, the FIM-based sensitivity analysis is performed from Monte Carlo simulations in a physical dynamic structure subjected to random design parameters drawn from Gaussian and Gamma distributions.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.006
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.016
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.006
Threshold uncertainty score0.030

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0060.016
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.002
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.046
GPT teacher head0.292
Teacher spread0.246 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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