# Case Studies
**URL:** https://uqworld.org/c/uq-resources/case-studies/17.md
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## [Collapse risk of tall timber buildings](https://uqworld.org/t/collapse-risk-of-tall-timber-buildings/888)
**Author:** [@voulpiotis](https://uqworld.org/u/voulpiotis)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://uqworld.org/t/collapse-risk-of-tall-timber-buildings/888 "2020-10-09T13:40:08Z")
Hello all! I have been working on this project for some time now and it keeps going deeper into UQ - deep enough to create a case study post here to discuss ideas and provide a reference for other engineers who may want …
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## [SoBioS - Sobol' Indices for Biological Systems](https://uqworld.org/t/sobios-sobol-indices-for-biological-systems/884)
**Author:** [@americocunha](https://uqworld.org/u/americocunha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://uqworld.org/t/sobios-sobol-indices-for-biological-systems/884 "2020-10-09T12:44:18Z")
Hello UQWorld community, I would like to share with you a book chapter that we have just published, on the use of Sobol’ indices in biological models: It is a pedagogical text, written in the form of a tutorial. The …
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## [Example of Bayesian inference computation creating a model output at the mean of the parameter samples that is outside of the discrete posterior predictive support](https://uqworld.org/t/example-of-bayesian-inference-computation-creating-a-model-output-at-the-mean-of-the-parameter-samples-that-is-outside-of-the-discrete-posterior-predictive-support/726)
**Author:** [@olaf.klein](https://uqworld.org/u/olaf.klein)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://uqworld.org/t/example-of-bayesian-inference-computation-creating-a-model-output-at-the-mean-of-the-parameter-samples-that-is-outside-of-the-discrete-posterior-predictive-support/726 "2020-07-27T08:13:16Z")
Hello, This is an example for a (incomplete) Bayesian inference computation for a model with vectorial output such that it holds for the model output at the mean of the parameter samples, which is denoted by mean…
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## [Black-box reliability challenge and reliability problem repository](https://uqworld.org/t/black-box-reliability-challenge-and-reliability-problem-repository/348)
**Author:** [@rozsasarpi](https://uqworld.org/u/rozsasarpi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://uqworld.org/t/black-box-reliability-challenge-and-reliability-problem-repository/348 "2020-03-06T16:05:36Z")
Hi everyone, We would like to popularize a unique reliability benchmarking challenge and a comprehensive repository of reliability problems: https://rprepo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. We encourage you to check out the do…
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## [Results from the TNO Black-box reliability challenge](https://uqworld.org/t/results-from-the-tno-black-box-reliability-challenge/532)
**Author:** [@bsudret](https://uqworld.org/u/bsudret)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://uqworld.org/t/results-from-the-tno-black-box-reliability-challenge/532 "2020-03-06T09:04:55Z")
Introduction The Black-box reliability benchmark was organized by TNO (Netherlands) under the lead of @rozsasarpi in the second part of 2019. It consists of a set of test reliability problems, for which the limit state f…
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## [Calibration of a heat transfer finite element model for fire safety assessment](https://uqworld.org/t/calibration-of-a-heat-transfer-finite-element-model-for-fire-safety-assessment/140)
**Author:** [@paulremo](https://uqworld.org/u/paulremo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://uqworld.org/t/calibration-of-a-heat-transfer-finite-element-model-for-fire-safety-assessment/140 "2019-04-30T14:23:14Z")
Problem statement Heat transfer models are ubiquitous in engineering disciplines. They are typically used to model the heat evolution in various mechanical components, structural members and systems. In civil engineering…