Uncertainty in rock mechanics and rock engineering-then and now

10th ISRM Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 281-293

  Einstein, Herbert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ROCK MECHANICS;

BASIC CONCEPTS; COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY; FRAME OF REFERENCE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RISK BASED DECISION MAKING; ROCK ENGINEERING;

ROCKS;

EID: 85049220460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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