Risk and reliability analysis a handbook for civil and environmental engineers
Title:
Risk and reliability analysis a handbook for civil and environmental engineers
Author:
Singh, V. P. (Vijay P.)
ISBN:
9780784471807
(electronic
bk.)
0784471800
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2007.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 785 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Preliminaries -- Rational Decision Making Under Uncertainty -- Elements of Probability -- Moments and Expectation -- Probability Distributions and Parameter Estimation -- Discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions -- Limit and Other Distributions -- Impulse Response Functions as Probability Distributions -- Multivariate Probability Distributions -- Parameter Estimation -- Entropy Theory and Its Applications in Risk Analysis -- Uncertainty Analysis -- Error and Uncertainty Analysis -- Monte Carlo Simulation -- Stochastic Processes -- Stochastic Differential Equations
Abstract:
"The consideration of the risk involved in any situation, project, or plan becomes an integral part of the decision-making process. Risk and Reliability Analysis: A Handbook for Civil and Environmental Engineers presents key concepts of risk and reliability that apply to a wide array of problems in civil and environmental engineering."--BOOK JACKET.
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Electronic Access:
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