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1. Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structures, Infrastructures and Engineering Systems

   Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, ICOSSAR, 13-17 September 2009, Osaka, Japan

   Edited by Hitoshi Furuta, Dan Frangopol, Masanobu Shinozuka

   Containing the papers of the 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR2009, Osaka, Japan), this work covers safety and reliability of structures and systems in civil, marine, mechanical, transportation, and aerospace systems. A special focus is...

   Published August 31st 2009 by CRC Press
2. Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering

   Proceedings of the 10th International Conference, held in Tokyo, Japan, 31 July - 3 August 2007

   Edited by Jun Kanda, Tsuyoshi Takada, Hitoshi Furuta

   Over the last decade, much attention has been paid to engineering risks associated with calamities such as the Indian Ocean tsunami, hurricanes in the US, terrorist attacks, and the sudden collapse of engineered structures. Future events are largely unpredictable, but statistics and probabilistic...

   Published July 17th 2007 by Taylor & Francis