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By using an entropy-based neighborhood rough set reduction algorithm, the influencing factors of the fatigue life of titanium alloy welded joints such as joint type, plate thickness, etc. are analyzed and the reduction results are obtained. Fatigue characteristic domains are proposed and determined subsequently according to the reduction results. The PSO-SVRM model for fatigue life prediction of titanium alloy welded joints is established in the suggested fatigue characteristic domains. Experimental results show that by taking into account the impact of joint type, the PSO-SVRM model could better predict the fatigue life of titanium alloy welded joints. The PSO-SVRM model indicates the relationship between fatigue life and fatigue life influencing factors in multidimensional space compared with the conventional least-square S-N curve fitting method, it could predict the fatigue life of the titanium alloy welded joints more accurately thus helps to the reliability design of the structure.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e21020117","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,29]],"date-time":"2019-01-29T11:27:52Z","timestamp":1548761272000},"page":"117","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["An Entropy-Based Neighborhood Rough Set and PSO-SVRM Model for Fatigue Life Prediction of Titanium Alloy Welded Joints"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Li","family":"Zou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Software Technology Institute, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China"},{"name":"Dalian Key Laboratory of Welded Structures and Its Intelligent Manufacturing Technology (IMT) of Rail Transportation Equipment, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China"},{"name":"Sichuan Provincial Key Lab of Process Equipment and Control, Zigong 643000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yibo","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dalian Key Laboratory of Welded Structures and Its Intelligent Manufacturing Technology (IMT) of Rail Transportation Equipment, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xinhua","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dalian Key Laboratory of Welded Structures and Its Intelligent Manufacturing Technology (IMT) of Rail Transportation Equipment, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hobbacher, A. 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