Information, uncertainty and decision making in site investigation for rock engineering

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-180

  Mazzoccola, D F ^a,b   Millar, D L ^b   Hudson, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditing; Information; Rock engineering; Site investigation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION THEORY; ROCK MECHANICS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ROCK ENGINEERING; SITE INVESTIGATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION THEORY; ROCK MECHANICS; SITE INVESTIGATION;

EID: 0031172295     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00880754     Document Type: Article

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