Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Corporate Author National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Seismic Hazard Evaluation.

Title Review of Recommendations for probabilistic seismic hazard analysis : guidance on uncertainty and use of experts / Panel on Seismic Hazard Evaluation, Committee on Seismology, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1997.

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (xii, 73 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-64).
Contents ""Review of Recommendations for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis: Guidance on Uncertainty and Use of Experts""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""MAIN FEATURES OF THE SSHAC REPORT""; ""THE SSHAC METHODOLOGY""; ""BACKGROUND WORKSHOPS""; ""THE TREATMENT OF UNCERTAINTY""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""WHAT IS SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS?""; ""BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT OF THIS REPORT""; ""INTERACTIONS OF THE PANEL WITH SSHAC""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE PANEL'S REPORT""; ""2 Process and Documentation for a Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis ""; ""LEVEL OF EFFORT IN A PSHA""
""THE MULTIPLE ROLES OF EXPERTS""""TECHNICAL FACILITATOR/INTEGRATOR""; ""The Proposed TFI Process""; ""TREATMENT OF EXPERT INPUT""; ""Integration of Expert Opinion""; ""Weighting""; ""Dependency Among Experts""; ""Peer Review""; ""Documentation""; ""3 Treatment of Uncertainty ""; ""IS THE ALEATORY/EPISTEMIC DISTINCTION UNIQUE AND CLEAR?""; ""IS THE EPISTEMIC/ALEATORY SEPARATION NEEDED?""; ""4 Seismic Source Characterization ""; ""SCIENTIFIC VALIDITY AND CLARITY OF PRESENTATION""; ""CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSHA""; ""THE OUTLOOK FOR EVOLUTION OF SSC""
""5 The Estimation of Earthquake-Generated Ground Motion """"SCIENTIFIC VALIDITY AND CLARITY OF PRESENTATION""; ""CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSHA: SUMMARY OF THE GROUND MOTION WORKSHOP RESULTS""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE GROUND MOTION ESTIMATION""; ""6 Summary and Conclusions ""; ""GENERAL APPRAISAL OF THE SSHAC REPORT""; ""GENERAL SHORTCOMINGS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SSHAC REPORT""; ""SOME CONTRIBUTIONS OF SSHAC TO HAZARD ASSESSMENT""; ""The TFI Methodology""; ""Clear Definition of Experts' Distinct Roles as Proponents, Evaluators, and Integrators""
""Results of SSHAC-Sponsored Workshops""""References""; ""Appendix A ACRONYMS ""; ""Appendix B LETTER REPORT OF THE PANEL ON SEISMIC HAZARD EVALUATION, MARCH 1995 ""; ""GENERAL COMMENTS""; ""CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS""; ""Recommendations for Improvement""; ""SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONCERNS""
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Earthquake hazard analysis -- United States.
Earthquake hazard analysis.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Senior Seismic Hazard Analysis Committee. Recommendations for probabilistic seismic hazard analysis.
Other Form: Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Seismic Hazard Evaluation. Review of Recommendations for probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1997 (OCoLC)39338840
ISBN 0309562074 (electronic book)
9780309562072 (electronic book)
0309056322
9780309056328