Degrees of Belief: Subjective Probability and Engineering Judgment
- ISBN-10
- 0784470863
- ISBN-13
- 9780784470862
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 472
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-01-01
- Publisher
- ASCE Publications
- Author
- Steven G. Vick
Description
Observing at a risk analysis conference for civil engineers that participants did not share a common language of probability, Vick, a consultant and geotechnic engineer, set out to not only examine why, but to also bridge the gap. He reexamines three elements at the core of engineering the concepts
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