… earthquakes of more general nature. The probabilistic approach to earthquake resistant
design … (a) parameters that define (incompletely) the earthquake characteristics, (b) parameters …

… The design of structures to resist earthquake loading is … of structures under severe earthquake
excitations. Consequently… of a design, and in choosing rationally among different design …

… With the advances summarized above, a sufficient number of adequate ground motion models
are available to serve as a basis for probabilistic design provisions and reliability analysis …

… analysis for design decisions is less fully considered. This aspect of probabilistic design,
although seldom dealt with in technical papers, is of great importance for aseismic design. …

… The key objective of any stochastic description of strong motion earthquake accelerograms
… in earthquake motion analysis. Because it is known that earthquake accelerograms are …

… To implement this concept for practical design, a probabilistic design method with minor
computational cost is proposed to obtain the isolation system capacities based on the targeted …

… The Poisson probability law is the most commonly used model in the forecasting of the
occurrence of earthquakes (1,4, 5,6) o 2 An earthquake is assumed to be an event occurring …

… The process of analysis and design of structures under earthquake excitations depends on
many random variables, reflecting the uncertainties in the mechanical properties, dimensions …

… design decision. Some recent developments in this approach as it applies to design and
retrofit for earthquake … for buildings that must withstand earthquake effects in Mid‐America. …

… ABSTRACT: The present paper considers the application of Bayesian Probabilistic Networks
(BPN’s) in risk management for portfolios of structures subject to earthquake hazards. The …