Strategic approaches for management of risk in geomechanics

12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 3031-3042

  Chowdhury, R ^a   Flentje, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geomechanics; Historical development; Probabilistic; Realtime monitoring; Risk management; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; GEOHAZARDS; GLOBALISATION; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; METHODS OF ANALYSIS; MODERN TOOLS; POPULATION GROWTH; PROBABILISTIC; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORK; REAL TIME MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENTS; SYSTEMATIC METHOD; UNCERTAINTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GEOMECHANICS;

EID: 84869821006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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