Risk-averse decision-making for civil infrastructure exposed to low-probability, high-consequence events

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-35

  Cha, Eun Jeong ^a   Ellingwood, Bruce R ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings; Cumulative prospect theory; Decision modeling; Earthquakes; Minimum expected cost; Probability; Reliability; Structural engineering

Indexed keywords

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; CUMULATIVE PROSPECT THEORY; DAMAGING EVENTS; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MODELING; DECISION MODELS; EXPECTED COSTS; RISK ACCEPTANCE; RISK AVERSION; STRUCTURAL SAFETY; TWO-COMPONENT;

BUILDINGS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DECISION THEORY; EARTHQUAKES; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 84860658370     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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