Bayesian hierarchical modelling of bridge traffic loading across a road network

Bayesian hierarchical modelling of bridge traffic loading across a road network

Presented in ICASP14 (2023), Dublin, Ireland.

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In this work, a modern Bayesian hierarchical model is developed using the generalized extreme value distribution, covering intermediate spans where data is not available at the time of fitting. This paper is mostly a work in progress of a paper we published in 2024. The unique contribution of this paper is in the verification of the proposed hierarchical model by accurately estimating a known true parameter (the traffic upper bound), thereby indirectly verifying the accuracy of the 2024 paper.