The elements of many classical combinatorial structures can be naturally decomposed into components. Permutations can be decomposed into cycles, polynomials over a finite field into irreducible factors, mappings into connected components. In all of these examples, and in many more, there are strong
Hydraulic structures : probabilistic approaches to maintenance
β Scribed by Wunderlich, Walter O
- Publisher
- ASCE Press
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 665
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
''Hydraulic Structures: Probabilistic Approaches to Maintenance'' is an introduction to the field of probability theory and its applications in engineering. This book provides an overview of probabilistic methods at an introductory level including the probability of sets, arithmetic operations with random variables, probabilistic reliability calculations, and risky decision evaluation, as they apply to maintenance of hydraulic structures. Major benefits of the book include conveying to the reader the basic knowledge of a collection of probabilistic methods; creating a deep understanding of these methods by leading the reader through numerous derivations of formulas; helping the reader recognize that probabilistic methods are superior to traditional deterministic analysis; and instilling appreciation of these methods by presenting some very powerful probability laws and functions, which provide insight into the apparent chaos of the world of random numbers. This book is a useful tool for those in the hydraulic structures maintenance community, including hydraulic engineers, because it incorporates probabilistic methods into mainstream engineering
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: 1. Maintenance of the infrastructure --
2. Elements of probabilistic methods --
3. Calculating with random variables --
4. Probabilistic approach to systems --
5. Probabilistic maintenance concepts --
6. Risk in maintenance.
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