La probabilità -- Rappresentazione dei fenomeni aleatori -- Calcolo elementare delle probabilità -- Calcolo delle probabilità per più variabili -- Funzioni di variabili aleatorie -- Statistica di base -- II metodo Monte Carlo -- Applicazioni del metodo Monte Carlo -- Inferenza statistica e verosimiglianza -- Minimi quadrati -- Analisi dei dati sperimentali.Il volume contiene in forma compat…
Why probability and statistics? -- Outcomes, events, and probability -- Conditional probability and independence -- Discrete random variables -- Continuous random variables -- Simulation -- Expectation and variance -- Computations with random variables -- Joint distributions and independence -- Covariance and correlation -- More computations with more random variables -- The Poisson process -- …
Assessment of characteristic shear strength parameters of soil and its implication in geotechnical design -- Ambiguity of safety definition in geotechnical models -- The fuzziness and sensitivity of failure probabilities -- The mathematics of uncertainty: models, methods and interpretations -- Multi-parameter models: rules and computational methods for combining uncertainties -- Sensitivity ana…
From the contents: Algorithmic Challenges in Structural Molecular Biology and Proteomics -- Networked Robots: Ten Years of Experiments -- Algorithmic Foundation of the Clockwork Orange Robot Soccer Team -- Uniform Coverage of Simple Surfaces Embedded in R3 for Auto-Body Painting -- Stealth Tracking of an Unpredictable Target among Obstacles -- Multi-Step Motion Planning for Free-Climbing Robots…
Concept on Landslides and Landslide Susceptibility -- Geomorphic, Geo-tectonic and Hydrologic Attributes and Landslide Probability -- Frequency Ratio Model (FRM) and Information Value Model (IVM) in landslide susceptibility Assessment and Prediction -- Logistic Regression Model (LRM) and Landslide Susceptibility: A RS & GIS based approach -- Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model and Landslide S…
This book is one out of six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to geologic hazards, such as earthquakes, land subsidence, coastal hazards, and the emergency response. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the…
This book is one out of six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to the advances made in engineering geology with emphasis on education, soil and rock properties, and modeling. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings ana…
This book is one out of six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to dams, tunnels, groundwater resources, and climate change. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our…
This book is one out six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to mining, aggregates, and karst. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world. The meeting t…
This book is one out six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to the geotechnical and environmental site characterization. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our ch…