Method and apparatus for identifying structural deformation

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION A method and apparatus for identifying deformation of a structure (108). Training deformation data (142) is identified for each training case in a plurality of training cases (136). Training strain data (144) is identified for each training case in the plurality of training cases (136). The training deformation data (142) and the training strain data (144) are configured for use by a heuristic model (104) to increase an accuracy of output data generated by the heuristic model (104). A group of parameters (121) for the heuristic model (104) is adjusted using the training deformation data (142) and the training strain data (144) for the each training case in the plurality of training cases (136) such that the heuristic model (104) is trained to generate estimated deformation data (124) for the structure (108) based on input strain data (126). The estimated deformation data (124) has a desired level of accuracy.