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Risk and reliability : coastal and hydraulic engineering /

Sets out the methods which are increasingly being required by government agencies for river and sea defence design and flood defence system management. It highlights the major concepts developed during the last two decades for describing uncertainty in the performance of flood and erosion defences....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reeve, Dominic
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Spon Press, 2009.
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Principal Notation; 1 Introduction; 2 Introduction to probability; 3 Elements of probability and stochastic processes; 4 Extremes; 5 Uncertainty and reliability analysis; 6 Applications; 7 Reliability of systems; Epilogue; Appendix A: normal distribution tables; Appendix B: flow diagrams for reliability analysis; References; Index.