Hydrosystems Engineering Uncertainty Analysis

APPLYING UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS FOR SOUNDER HYDROSYSTEMS ENGINEERINGFocusing on issues of vital civic interest, this comprehensive practice manual teaches the application of uncertainty analysis for more sustainable hydrosystem design and management. Created by internationally respected authorities, Hydrosystems Engineering Uncertainty Analysis deals with the uncertainties inherent in engineering projects such as dams, levees, and storm sewer systems. Going beyond unpredictability in geophysical processes such as extreme rainfalls and floods, Drs. Tung and Yen address uncertainties arising from imperfect models, imprecise parameters, data errors, and other sources. The authors call on work in uncertainty analysis from the past two decades to provide and illustrate mathematical tools of varying sophistication available for quantifying the integrated effect of different uncertainties and making the uncertain more knowable.Hydrosystems Engineering Uncertainty Analysis is the only volume that: Brings together in a single resource all mathematical uncertainty analysis methods relevant to hydrosystem risk and reliability issues Demonstrates uses and limitations of uncertainty analysis in the broadest possible range of hydrosystem engineering problems Provides the tools needed to better protect systems, citizens, and the environment against failure in critical hydrosystem projects Shows engineers and students how to perform expert uncertainty analysis for reliability assessments and risk-based design Offers examples of each application Provides sets of Q & A's for self-testing after every chapterTung, Yeou-Koung is the author of 'Hydrosystems Engineering Uncertainty Analysis', published 2005 under ISBN 9780071451598 and ISBN 0071451595.