The eigensystem realization algorithm (ERA) is one of the most popular methods in civil engineering applications for estimating the modal parameters, including complex-valued modal frequencies and modal vectors, of dynamic systems.
Compared to ANN, the application of GP technique for estimating the capacity of pile foundations is relatively new.
Therefore, the application of the tilt method for estimating the horizontal velocities of spread F structures is justified.
Also, these predictive capabilities allowed the application of the Garson's equation for estimating the contribution of selected process parameters on the defined outputs with satisfactory accuracy.
Application of a lower VSL value for estimating the cost of death would result in a lower total cost per death and total cost per case estimate; the value used, however, is standard for cost analyses as per the Treasury Board of Canada Guidelines (http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rtrap-parfa/analys/analys-eng.pdf).
For engineering applications, simplified analytical equations are developed for estimating the maximum pipe strain and relative joint displacement.
In literature, it is possible to find several models dealing with a variety of applications as well as environmental configurations for estimating the mean-path loss due to large-scale fading [1 4].
In certain applications the Fisher information may be best for estimating the upper bound to the number of irredundant parameters, but the Hessian may be best for estimating the lower bound of this quantity.
Finally, based on the FE analysis and experimental results (Azizinamini et al. 1985; Harper 1990), an equation determining the location of prying force at the final load level is suggested for general application of estimating the ultimate moment capacity of the connection.
Overall, the methodological approach implemented here may have broad application for estimating kinship patterns in systems with limited genealogical information and/or in studying similarly challenging organisms in which obtaining biological materials from complete families is problematic.
