Probability-based safety analysis - value and drawbacks

Structural Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-310

  Sexsmith, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN COMMUNITY; PROBABILITY BASED SAFETY ANALYSIS;

SAFETY FACTOR;

PROBABILITY; SAFETY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032710211     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(99)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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