Multi-fidelity Surrogates

Preface.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Hierarchical multi-fidelity surrogates modeling.- Chapter 3 Non-Hierarchical multi-fidelity surrogates modeling.- Chapter 4 Sequential multi-fidelity surrogates modeling.- Chapter 5 Multi-fidelity surrogates assisted efficient global optimization.- Chapter 6 Multi-fidelity surrogates assisted reliability design optimization.- Chapter 7 Multi-fidelity surrogates assisted robust design optimization.- Chapter 8 Multi-fidelity surrogates assisted evolutional optimization.- Chapter 9 Engineering Applications.- Chapter 10 Concluding remarks.

Dr. Qi Zhou is an associate professor at the School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. Dr. Zhou was a visiting scholar of Imperial College London and a joint Ph.D. of Georgia Tech. He was awarded the first batch of national defense innovation "leading funds". Also, he was selected for the China Science and Technology Association's "Young Talent Trusted Project", the major talent plan of the department of education, Hubei Province, the plan of "Excellent Young Teacher Training", "Huazhong Excellent Scholars", and the "Academic Newcomer Award" of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research expertise areas include the intelligent design of equipment, multi-fidelity surrogate model, and design optimization under uncertainty. He was the session chair of the International Conference on System Modeling and Optimization and the 9th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics, and Automation.He also served as the special editor for the international journal "Sensors" and "Applied sciences". He is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering (CMES). He has published over 100 peer-reviewed international journal and conference papers.

Min Zhao is the chief engineer of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), Beijing. He began his career at the CALT as an engineer for overall rocket design. He has successively worked as an engineer, a senior engineer, a research fellow, a department leader, and a chief engineer since 1987. He also completed his Ph.D. in 2005. He has been engaged in the overall design of aerospace craft for the past 30 years, gathering unique insights into aircraft performance. Due to his outstanding achievements, he has been selected for the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology (Top Grade) twice and the Aerospace Merit Award once. Thanks to the