Statistics and Probability Theory In Pursuit of Engineering Decision Support /

• Main Author: Faber, Michael Havbro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 18
• Subjects: Engineering.; Probabilities.; Statistics.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.

This book provides the reader with the basic skills and tools of statistics and probability in the context of engineering modeling and analysis. The emphasis is on the application and the reasoning behind the application of these skills and tools for the purpose of enhancing  decision making in engi...

Table of Contents:

• Engineering decisions under uncertainty
• Basic probability theory
• Descriptive statistics
• Uncertainty modelling
• Estimation and model building
• Methods of structural reliability
• Bayesian decision analysis.