Method for assessing the seismic risk on existing buildings, comprising the following steps:a) identifying a set (N) of existing buildings to assess;b) acquiring for all existing buildings belonging to said set (N) qualitative data relating to the formal and construction features of said buildings;c)
processing said qualitative data with a rapid
analysis method based on qualitative criteria to assess the seismic
vulnerability, and the related basic seismic risk, of all existing buildings belonging to the set (N);d) selecting in an organized manner a subset(S) comprising 25% to 33% of buildings of the set (N);e) acquiring for all the buildings of the subset(S) a plurality of analytical parameters;f)
processing said plurality of analytical parameters with a
scientific analysis method based on quantitative criteria to assess the
vulnerability and the basic seismic risk of all the buildings of the subset(S);g) selecting in an organized manner a learning sample (A) comprising 70% to 80% of the buildings of the subset(S), and deriving by subtraction a
verification sample (V) comprising 20% to 30% of buildings of the subset(S);h) using an AI-based
machine learning model entering into an
algorithm, for each building included in said learning sample (A), at least a part of said plurality of analytical parameters and the corresponding seismic
vulnerability and basic seismic risk results already obtained with the
scientific analysis method referred to in step f), to generate a
statistical model for predicting seismic vulnerability and basic seismic risk universally applicable to any building in the set (N);i) applying said statistical prediction model to the buildings of the
verification sample (V) using as input data the same part of said plurality of analytical parameters used for learning sample (A), and obtaining as output data calculated values of seismic vulnerability and basic seismic risk;l) comparing said values calculated as output from said statistical prediction model referred to in step i) with the corresponding values of seismic vulnerability and basic seismic risk obtained by applying the
scientific analysis method referred to in step f), and determining a degree of accuracy, precision and sensitivity APS of the statistical prediction model;m) if said degree of APS has a value greater than a pre-established value, applying the same validated statistical prediction model to the remaining part of the buildings of the set (N) on which the scientific
analysis method has not been applied;n) if said degree of APS has a value lower than said pre-established value, increasing the number of existing buildings belonging to the subset(S) and reiterating steps e) to l) until the statistical prediction model is validated.