Engineering probabilistic design and maintenance for flood protection
By: edited by Roger Cooke, Max Mendel, and Han Vrijling.
Contributors: Cooke, Roger.; Mendel, Max.; Vrijling, Han.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Flood control -- Statistical methods; Probabilities
Description: This book collects important contributions in probabilistic design, applied to the construction and maintenance of flood defense systems. Four key applications are discussed in detail, with reviews from engineers, mathematicians and problem owners. The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.