Vulnerability, uncertainty, and risk analysis, modeling and management : proceedings of the first International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM 2011) and the fifth International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis (ISUMA 2011) : April 11-13, 2011, Hyattsville, Maryland / sponsored by the Council on Disaster Risk Management (CDRM) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Bilal M. Ayyub.

Vulnerability, uncertainty, and risk analysis, modeling and management : proceedings of the first International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM 2011) and the fifth International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis (ISUMA 2011) : April 11-13, 2011, Hyattsville, Maryland /

Proceedings of the International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM 2011) and the International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis (ISUMA 2011), held in Hyattsville, Maryland, April 11-13, 2011. Sponsored by the Council on Disaster Risk Management of ASC...

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Corporate Authors: International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management Hyattsville, Md., ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management, International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis
Other Authors: Ayyub, Bilal M.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2011]
Subjects:
Structural analysis (Engineering) > Congresses.
Public works > Protection > Congresses.
Natural disasters > Risk assessment > Congresses.
Hazard mitigation > Congresses.
Fuzzy systems > Congresses.
Uncertainty > Mathematical models > Congresses.
Emergency management > Congresses.
Electronic book.
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Table of Contents:
  • Application of Evolutionary Computing to Disaster Restoration and Prevention Problems
  • Quantitative Risk Analysis of Damage to Structures during Windstorms : Random Field and System Reliability Aspects
  • Statistical Decisions with Random Fuzzy Data A Possibilistic Approach
  • Statistical Inference under Two Structurally Different Approaches to Interval Data
  • Independence in Generalized Interval Probability
  • Embodied Knowledge of Gesture Motion Acquired by Singular Spectrum Analysis
  • Fuzzy Probability in Engineering Analyses
  • A Process for the Estimation of the Duration of Activities in Fuzzy Project Scheduling
  • Uncertainty Arithmetic on Excel Spreadsheets : Add-In for Intervals, Probability Distributions and Probability Boxes
  • Extended Uniform Distribution Accounting for Uncertainty of Uncertainty
  • Efficiency Comparison of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation with Subset Simulation (MCMC/ss) to Standard Monte Carlo Simulation (sMC) for Extreme Event Scenarios
  • Multi-Agent Simulation Considering the Influence of Leader during Flood Disaster
  • Multi-Agent Simulation to Uncertain Civilian Return Trips during a Hypothetical Earthquake
  • Statistical Characterization and Prediction of Sea Waves Based on Buoy Data
  • Measuring Validity of Reasoning Process for Transportation Planning Using Bayesian Inference and Dempster-Shafer Theory
  • A Simulation Framework for the Path Planning of Unmanned Autonomous Systems
  • Development of Gap Acceptance Fuzzy Models Using Data from Driving Simulator Experiments
  • Entropy Approach to Risk-Analysis of Critical Infrastructures Systems
  • A Survey of Network Theoretic Approaches for Risk Analysis of Complex Infrastructure Systems
  • Regional Social and Economic Risks as Conditions of Formation of Critical Infrastructures
  • Decomposition Methods for Restoring Infrastructure Systems
  • Strategic Planning for Power System Restoration
  • Preparedness of Finnish Electricity Users against Major Disturbances in Supply of Electric Power
  • Development of Spatial Risk Profiles of Cargo Rail Systems
  • Probabilistic Study of Cascading Failures in Complex Interdependent Lifeline Systems
  • Vulnerability Assessment of Infrastructure Networks by Using Hierarchical Decomposition Methods
  • Sustainability : Complexity, Regulations and Decisions
  • A Systems Approach to Vulnerability Assessment
  • System Reliability Analysis of Fatigue-Induced Sequential Failure
  • Sample Treatment of Uncertainties in Earthquake Portfolio Risk Analysis
  • Probabilistic Application in Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Structures
  • Options for the Treatment of Uncertainty in Seismic Probabilistic Safety Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants
  • Seismic Investigation for the Temple of Antioch Reconstruction
  • Multicriteria Optimization under Uncertainty : Average Criteria Method
  • National-Level Infrastructure Risk Evaluation Framework and Best Practices
  • Probabilistic Performance Risk Evaluation of Infrastructure Projects
  • Optimal Planning of Public Works Using Improved Genetic Algorithm
  • Quantitative Risk Assessment, Public Policy, and Decision-Making
  • Research on the Establishment of Mega Public Building Safety Risk Assessment System in China
  • A New Model of Supervision of Chinese Government over Building Safety : Based on the Third-Party Assessment Mechanism
  • Development of Spatial Risk Profiles Resulting from Sea Level Rise
  • Evaluating the Source of the Risks Associated with Natural Events
  • Florida International University's Wall of Wind : A Tool for Improving Construction Materials and Methods for Hurricane-Prone Regions
  • Risk Management of Long Term Infrastructure Projects "PPP-BOT Projects" by Using Uncertainty, Probabilistic and Stochastic Methods and Models
  • Mixing Good Data with Bad : How to Do It and When You Should Not
  • Study on the Method Selection for Building Safety Risk Assessment in China
  • Decision-Making Model for Offshore Offloading Operations Based on Probabilistic Risk Assessment
  • Preliminary Risk Analysis of a Liquefied Natural Gas Regasification System in an Offshore Unit
  • Seismic Risk Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis in Terms of Life-Cycle Repair Cost
  • Influence of Socio-Economic Consequences of World Economic Crisis on a Shadow Economy
  • Classification and Moral Evaluation of Uncertainties in Engineering Modeling
  • Making Urban Territories More Resilient to Flooding by Improving the Resilience of Their Waste Management Network A Methodology for Analysing Dysfunctions in Waste Management Networks during and after Flooding
  • A Polynomial Chaos Approach for Uncertainty Analysis of Chloride-Induced Corrosion in Concrete Structures
  • Method of Assessment of Human-Induced Area Risks and Creation of Risk Map Using Geoinformation Systems
  • Closed-Form Approximation to Annual Failure Probabilities.
  • Use of Quantitative Risk Assessment in Structural Design
  • Statistical Tools for Populating/Predicting Input Data of Risk Analysis Models
  • Integrating Risk Management within the Project Delivery Process at Caltrans : A Transportation Project Case Study
  • The Relationship between Hazards Vulnerability and Stage of Economic Development in Haiti and Chile
  • Applying Heuristics to Civil Engineering
  • Probabilistic and Optimization Considerations in Multihazard Engineering
  • Asset Management of Structures Using Hybrid Structural Health Monitoring and Structural Uncertainty Analysis Procedure
  • Structural Health Assessment Using Only Noise-Contaminated Responses
  • Statistically Detecting Clustering for Rare Events
  • A Bayesian Framework to Predict Deformations during Supported Excavations Based on a Semi-Empirical Method
  • A Bayesian Network Approach for Identification of Critical Components of a System
  • Damage Detection in Water Distribution Pipe Network Using Bayesian Framework and System Reliability Analysis
  • Bayesian Network for Post-Earthquake Decision on Monitored Structures
  • Risk-Based Framework for Stream Repair Projects
  • Managing Climate Change Uncertainty in Water Supply Planning
  • Improvements in Hurricane Surge Response Functions : Incorporating the Effects of Forward Speed, Approach Angle and Sea Level Rise
  • A Comparison of Top-Down Statistical Models with Bottom-Up Methods for Power System Reliability Estimation in High Wind Events
  • Classification of Current Building Stock for Hurricane Risk Analysis
  • Probabilistic Hurricane Surge Risk Estimation through High-Fidelity Numerical Simulation and Response Surface Approximations
  • Wind Vulnerability Curves for Low-Rise Commercial-Residential Buildings in the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model
  • Database-Assisted Design : Why and How?
  • Probabilistic Demand Models and Fragility Estimates for Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures
  • The Use of Aerodynamic and Wind Climatological Databases for High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Structure Design
  • Development of Large Directional Wind Speed Databases
  • Dynamic Displacement Analysis of a Shallow Landslide in Norwood Tuff
  • Intra- and Inter-Event Uncertainties of Ground Motion Attenuation Relations
  • Effective Shear Strengths of Isotropic Spatially Variable Soil Masses
  • Transportation Risk Analysis (TRA) of Bosphorus Suspended Bridge, Using Probabilistic Approach
  • Effects of Spatial Variability of Soil Property on Slope Stability
  • Interval Reliability Analysis for Gravity Retaining System of Deep Excavation
  • Methodology for Risk Analysis of Ground Surface Subsidence
  • A Methodology of Constructing Dynamic Risk Maps for Large Metropolitan Areas
  • A Methodology to Produce Interdependent Networks Disturbance Scenarios
  • Automated Security Risk Analysis Tool for USAF Installation Security
  • Risk-Based Cost-Benefit Analysis for Security Assessment Problems
  • Assessing Vulnerability to Floods of the Built Environment Integrating Urban Networks and Buildings
  • Quantifying System Vulnerability as a Performance Measure for Systems Investment Evaluation and Decision-Making
  • Resilience and Preparedness of Critical Infrastructures
  • Development of Spatial Risk Profiles Resulting from Sea Level Rise : What Predictions of Future Sea Level Rise Mean for the Built Coast
  • Defining and Assessing Vulnerability of Infrastructure to Terrorist Attack
  • Integrating Flood Defence Fragility to Measure Built Environment Vulnerability A GIS Based Approach
  • Many-Objective Risk-Based Planning within Complex Engineering Systems : An Urban Water Planning Example
  • Risk Management of Asalouye Desalination Project
  • Forecasting of Erosion and Debris Flow Processes for the Energy Supply and Transport Corridors of Georgia Using the Theory of Reliability and Risk
  • Probabilistic Dominance Application to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Capacity Planning under Nonstationary Uncertainties
  • A Hybrid Approach of Uncertainty Analysis for Performance Measurement of Water Distribution System
  • A New Approach of Risk Analysis for Complex Infrastructure Systems under Future Uncertainties : A Case of Urban Water Systems
  • Toward Guidance for Identifying and Measuring Structural Damage Following a Blast Event
  • Expected Building Damage Using Stratified Systematic Sampling of Failure Triggering Events
  • Design of Supplemental Dampers for Seismic Risk Reduction of Isolated Bridges
  • Evaluating the Efficiency of Current Nonlinear Static Pushover Procedures on Estimating Torsion Effect for Asymmetric High-Rise Buildings
  • Analysis of Bridge Performance under the Combined Effect of Earthquake and Flood-Induced Scour
  • Uncertainty Modeling in Bridge Network Maintenance Optimization
  • Overcoming the Limitations of Traditional Model-Updating Approaches
  • Reliability Analysis of Mooring Dolphin Structures
  • Adaptive Reliability Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Bridges Using Nondestructive Testing
  • Modeling Long-Term Reliability of Vertical Barriers
  • Managing Biological Invasions under Severe Uncertainty : Light Brown Apple Moth in California
  • Robust Conservation Decision-Making
  • A New Approach of Decision Making under Uncertainty for Selecting a Robust Strategy : A Case of Water Pipes Failure
  • Robust Satisficing and the Probability of Survival
  • An Info-Gap Model to Examine the Robustness of Cost-Efficient Budget Allocations
  • Info-Gap Approach to Regression
  • Robust Resource Allocation : An Info-Gap Approach.

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