Abstract
The aim of this symposium is to present recent results and methods in identification of parameters of material or structural models. The emphasis is laid on damage and defect identification with assessment of structure response and reliability. Both experimental and numerical or analytical approaches could be presented and different methods outlined, such as modal analysis, wave propagation, thermal, electric or magnetic field interaction with defects, etc. Novel tools used in identification should be discussed, such as soft computing methods (neural networks, genetic computing), extended Kalman filters, adjoint and direct sensitivity analysis, reciprocity gap methods and response surface methods. Applications should be addressed to both materials and structures.