Reliability analysis—a review and some perspectives

R Rackwitz - Structural safety, 2001‏ - Elsevier
Theory and methods of structural reliability are briefly summarized and reviewed, both in
original and standard space. Some extreme examples demonstrate where and why these …

An overview of quantitative risk measures for loss of life and economic damage

SN Jonkman, P Van Gelder, JK Vrijling - Journal of hazardous materials, 2003‏ - Elsevier
A comprehensive overview of methods to quantify and limit risks arising from different
sources is still missing in literature. Therefore, a study of risk literature was carried out by the …

[PDF][PDF] Risk Management and Governance. Concepts, Guidelines and Applications

T Aven - 2010‏ - dspace.kottakkalfarookcollege.edu …
Risk is a popular topic in many sciences-in natural, medical, statistical, engineering, social,
economic and legal disciplines. Yet, no single discipline can grasp the full meaning of risk …

Risk assessment for civil engineering facilities: critical overview and discussion

MH Faber, MG Stewart - Reliability engineering & system safety, 2003‏ - Elsevier
The present paper should be seen as a basis for discussion of important aspects of risk
analysis and assessment, as well as attempting to describe risk assessment in accordance …

Optimization and risk acceptability based on the life quality index

R Rackwitz - Structural safety, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Optimization techniques are essential ingredients of reliability-oriented optimal designs of
technical facilities. Suitable objective functions are presented for different replacement …

The need for hierarchies of acceptance criteria for probabilistic risk assessments in fire engineering

R Van Coile, D Hopkin, D Lange, G Jomaas, L Bisby - Fire technology, 2019‏ - Springer
A probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is commonly accepted as a tool for performance
based design in fire safety engineering, but the position of PRA in the design process, the …

[HTML][HTML] Life safety in the Reliability-Based design and assessment of structures

M Pandey, C Viljoen, A Way, K Fischer, M Sýkora… - Structural Safety, 2025‏ - Elsevier
We review the developments in life safety and the incorporation thereof in the design and
assessment of structures over the last 50 years. Various measures of life safety are …

Risk-averse decision-making for civil infrastructure exposed to low-probability, high-consequence events

EJ Cha, BR Ellingwood - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Quantitative analysis and assessment of risk to civil infrastructure has two components:
probability of a potentially damaging event and consequence of damage, measured in terms …

Socio-economically sustainable civil engineering infrastructures by optimization

R Rackwitz, A Lentz, M Faber - Structural safety, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Sustainability is an important requirement for civil engineering infrastructures, technically
and financially. The financial aspects are discussed. It is proposed to select a design and …

Valuing ecosystem services for sustainable landscape planning in Alpine regions

A Grêt-Regamey, A Walz, P Bebi - Mountain Research and Development, 2008‏ - BioOne
Alpine regions provide diverse ecosystem goods and services (ES) to human society. Yet as
many of these ES are not bought or sold, their value must be estimated using a surrogate for …