Do civil engineering systems need systematising? Tackling complexity - top 10 issues for civil engineering systems

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 199-210

  Blockley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hard systems; model; risk; soft systems; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; SOFT SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS THINKING; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY AND RISKS;

MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPLEXITY; MODEL; RISK; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890770305     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286608.2013.865019     Document Type: Article

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