14th International Probabilistic Workshop
This book presents the proceedings of the 14th International Probabilistic Workshop that was held in Ghent, Belgium in December 2016. Probabilistic methods are currently of crucial importance for research and developments in the field of engineering, whic
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h International Probabilistic Workshop
14th International Probabilistic Workshop
Robby Caspeele ⋅ Luc Taerwe ⋅ Dirk Proske Editors
14th International Probabilistic Workshop
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Editors Robby Caspeele Department of Structural Engineering Ghent University Ghent Belgium
Dirk Proske Axpo Power AG Döttingen Switzerland
Luc Taerwe Department of Structural Engineering Ghent University Ghent Belgium
ISBN 978-3-319-47885-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47886-9
ISBN 978-3-319-47886-9
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Preface
Probabilistic methods are currently of crucial importance for research and developments in the field of engineering, which is challenged by new materials and technologies and rapidly changing societal needs and values. Hence, the societal importance of risk and safety has significantly increased in the last decades. Contemporary needs related to, for example, performance-based design, service-life design, life cycle analysis, product optimization, assessment of existing structures, structural robustness, etc., still give rise to new developments in order to establish accurate and practically applicable probabilistic and statistical engineering methods to support these developments. In 2003, a series of annual symposia or workshops has been established to provide a multidisciplinary forum for the exchange of knowledge and expertise in probabilistic methods, uncertainty quantification, safety and risk management, focusing on theory as well as practice and stimulating discussions on developments, and needs in this fascinating field of expertise. Originally, the series started as the 1st and 2nd Dresdner Probabilistic Symposium in 2003 and
