Uncertainty, subjectivity, experience: A comparative pilot study

Engineering Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 129-145

  Raab, Thomas ^a   Brosch, Franz Josef ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FIELD ESTIMATION;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE; SUBJECTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0030265293     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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