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Creator:: Elms, David G. and Brown, Colin B.
Abstract:: The responsibilities which civil engineers, and particularly the engineer of record, accept are considered. The interaction with other decision makers such as the owner, stakeholders, the law and contractors results in complexity that can be partially resolved by the introduction of protocols in the form of regulations and codes of...
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Full Text:: . Examples of decision-making are included in judicial verdicts, medical prescriptions and in military

Creator:: Rodriguez-Nikl, Tonatiuh and Brown, Colin B.
Abstract:: While contemporary civil engineering projects are increasingly complex, the cognitive abilities of the decision maker remain limited. There is a conflict between the complexity that is required to describe a scenario with all its relevant properties and the limited number of ideas that can be included in rational considerations and...
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Full Text:: . A political rationality takes account of subjective uncertainty and involves decision making in a

Creator:: Elms, David G. and Brown, Colin B.
Abstract:: Engineering is largely concerned with models and modelling. Models provide a context in which decisions are made. Here the modelling process is considered in a general sense and then the relationship with engineering models is developed. For understanding, a first step is to differentiate and categorize. Thus ten types of...
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Full Text:: their purposes with respect to professional decision making are discussed. The role of models in

Creator:: Park, Sangki, van de Lindt, John W., Cox, Daniel, Gupta, Rakesh, and Aguiniga, Francisco
Abstract:: Over the last half-century, scientists and engineers have developed methods to better understand and mitigate the damage caused by tsunamis. According to U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) P646, buildings in many regions including the U.S. Pacific Northwest, will experience substantial ground shaking from an offshore earthquake that precedes a...
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Full Text:: occurrence probability and resistance statistics of the 3 components making up a building system, but

Creator:: Arendt, Anthony, Luthcke, Scott, Gardner, Alex, O'Neel, Shad, Hill, David, Moholdt, Geir, and Abdalati, Waleed
Abstract:: We present a high-resolution Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mascon solution for Gulf of Alaska (GOA) glaciers and compare this with in situ glaciological, climate and other remote-sensing observations. Our GRACE solution yields a GOA glacier mass balance of -65 ± 11 Gta⁻¹ for the period December 2003 to...
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Full Text:: timescales that match variations in glacier mass, making it more difficult to discriminate between glacio

Creator:: Evans, Travis, Heaslip, Kevin, Boggs, Wesley, Hurwitz, David, and Gardiner, Kevin
Abstract:: The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) specifies minimum retroreflectivity requirements that include an obligation for agencies to develop a strategy for maintaining compliance. States were given a deadline of January 1, 2012 for the implementation of an assessment or management plan, which led to an increased emphasis on...
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Full Text:: collection procedure was designed to provide a basis 26  for future analyses and to assist in future decision

Creator:: Garcia-Medina, Gabriel, Özkan-Haller, H. Tuba, Ruggiero, Peter, and Oskamp, Jeffrey
Abstract:: An operational inner-shelf wave forecasting system was implemented for the Oregon and southwest Washington coast in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW). High-resolution wave forecasts are useful for navigational planning, identifying wave energy resources, providing information for site-specific coastal flood models, and having an informed recreational beach user group, among other...
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Full Text:: investigate the effect of these features on the inner-shelf wave field making use of two numerical wave

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