Applications of statistics and probability in civil engineering : proceedings of the 11th International conference on applications of statistics and probability in civil engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, 1-4 August 2011

Under the pressure of harsh environmental conditions and natural hazards, large parts of the world population are struggling to maintain their livelihoods. Population growth, increasing land utilization and shrinking natural resources have led to an increasing demand of improved efficiency of existing technologies and the development of new ones. A Content: Preface Editor's foreword Organization Conference organization Sponsors Applications (1-6) Applications and new developments of system reliability assessment (theory) Bayesian networks for engineering risk analysis Bridge traffic loading Decision analysis Fuzzy analysis and soft computing methods in reliability assessment and optimization Life-cycle analysis Maintenance and safety of aging infrastructure Meta-models/surrogate models for uncertainty propagation, sensitivity and reliability analysisModel selection, aggregation and testing for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment Model selection, aggregation and testing for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment Modelling for Risk management in construction projects Multiple hazards risk assessment and mitigation Natural hazards modeling Performance-based design for structures subject to natural hazard Probabilistic calibration of codes Probabilistic methods for the assessment of existing concrete structures Probabilistic methods in hydraulic and spatial structural analysis Probabilistic modeling in engineering Probabilistic modelling of the behaviour of timber in structures Probabilistic models and methods for risk assessment of lifeline networks and decision support Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis Progresses and challenges in probabilistic modeling of tropical storm risks Recent advances in geotechnical risk and reliability Reliability methods Reliability of marine energy converters Risk and reliability analysis for interdependent infrastructure systems Risk assessment Risk assessment and decision support systems for interdependent lifeline infrastructures Risk-based assessment of climate change adaptation strategies for infrastructure Robustness of structures Social perspectives for hazards decision Spatial probabilistic modeling of deterioration and inspection Statistical investigations and probabilistic modeling Stochastic models and simulation of earthquake ground motions Structural reliability The treatment of uncertainties in large-scale stochastic systems Uncertainty and imprecision in geotechnical and structural engineering Uncertainty, statistics and probability Under the pressure of harsh environmental conditions and natural hazards, large parts of the world population are struggling to maintain their livelihoods. Population growth, increasing land utilization and shrinking natural resources have led to an increasing demand of improved efficiency of existing technologies and the development of new ones. Additionally, growing complexities of societal functionalities and interdependencies among infrastructures and urban habitats amplify consequences of malfunctions and failures. Malevolence, sustainable developments and climatic changes have more recen