RosenPoint: A Microsoft Excel-based program for the Rosenblueth point estimate method and an application in slope stability analysis

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 239-243

  Wang, Jui Pin ^a   Huang, Duruo ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Failure probability; Probabilistic analysis; Rosenblueth point estimate method; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING TOOLS; DIMENSION CONSTRAINTS; EXCEL SPREADSHEETS; EXCEL-BASED PROGRAM; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FAILURE PROBABILITY; INFINITE SLOPE; MEAN VALUES; MICROSOFT; POINT ESTIMATE METHOD; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS; PROGRAMMING STRUCTURES; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; SLOPE FAILURE PROBABILITY; SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TWO-POINT;

SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBROUTINES;

ESTIMATION;

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84866158947     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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