Detrimental or serendipitous effect of human error on reliability of structures

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Elishakoff, I ^a   Hasofer, A M ^b  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ERRORS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HUMAN ERROR; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 0029779817     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7825(95)00827-6     Document Type: Article

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