Uncertainty Modeling and Decision Making in Geotechnics

<p><i>Uncertainty Modeling and Decision Making in Geotechnics </i>shows how uncertainty quantification and numerical modeling can complement each other to enhance decision-making in geotechnical practice filling a critical gap in guiding practitioners to address uncertainties directly.</p><p>The book helps practitioners acquire a working knowledge of geotechnical risk and reliability methods and guides them to use these methods wisely in conjunction with data and numerical modeling. In particular it provides guidance on the selection of realistic statistics and a cost-effective accessible method to address different design objectives and for different problem settings and illustrates the value of this to decision-making using realistic examples.</p><p>Bringing together statistical characterization reliability analysis reliability-based design probabilistic inverse analysis and physical insights drawn from case studies this reference guide from an international team of experts offers an excellent resource for state-of-the-practice uncertainty-informed geotechnical design for specialist practitioners and the research community.</p>