Seismic risk assessment of RC buildings using fuzzy synthetic evaluation

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1157-1184

  Tesfamaraim, Solomon ^a   Saatcioglu, Murat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision Making; Earthquake Risk Assessment; Fuzzy Sets; Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; CODES (SYMBOLS); EARTHQUAKES; MODERNIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEISMOLOGY;

DECISION-MAKING; EARTHQUAKE RISK ASSESSMENT; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYNTHETIC EVALUATION; UNCERTAINTY;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 53349161759     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460802003785     Document Type: Article

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