Professional decisions: The central role of models

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-175

  Elms, David G ^a   Brown, Colin B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis; decisions; design; errors; failures; models

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; DECISIONS; ENGINEERING FAILURES; ENGINEERING MODELS; MODELLING PROCESS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DESIGN; ERRORS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

MODELS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELING;

EID: 84866850509     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286608.2011.640752     Document Type: Article

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