Organizing and evaluating uncertainty in geotechnical engineering

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 58 I, 1996, Pages

  Whitman, Robert V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; RISKS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONSTRUCTION CONTROL; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE EVALUATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

EID: 6244295430     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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