Value of information analysis in civil and infrastructure engineering: a review

WH Zhang, DG Lu, J Qin, S Thöns… - Journal of Infrastructure …, 2021 - Springer
The concept of Value of Information (VoI) has attracted significant attentions within the civil
engineering community over especially the last decade. Triggered by the increasing focus …

[HTML][HTML] An exploratory bibliometric analysis of risk, resilience, and sustainability management of transport infrastructure systems

M Santamaria-Ariza, HS Sousa, JC Matos… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transport infrastructure systems (TIS) are key enablers of economic development and
welfare. However, such infrastructures are exposed to natural and anthropogenic hazards …

[DOC][DOC] Tobler's first law of geography

N Waters - The international encyclopedia of geography, 2017 - researchgate.net
This discussion of Tobler's first law (TFL) of geography begins with a formal definition of the
law:“everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant …

Quantifying the value of structural health monitoring information with measurement bias impacts in the framework of dynamic Bayesian Network

WH Zhang, J Qin, DG Lu, M Liu, MH Faber - Mechanical Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) information contributes substantially to
Structural Integrity Management (SIM), which can be achieved through reducing epistemic …

Evaluating seismic soil liquefaction potential using bayesian belief network and C4. 5 decision tree approaches

M Ahmad, XW Tang, JN Qiu, F Ahmad - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Liquefaction is considered a damaging phenomenon of earthquakes and a major cause of
concern in civil engineering. Therefore, its predictory assessment is an essential task for …

Toward a rapid probabilistic seismic vulnerability assessment using satellite and ground-based remote sensing

M Pittore, M Wieland - Natural Hazards, 2013 - Springer
Natural hazards such as earthquakes threaten millions of people all around the world. In a
few decades, most of these people will live in fast-growing, inter-connected urban …

Assessment of seismic liquefaction potential based on Bayesian network constructed from domain knowledge and history data

JL Hu, XW Tang, JN Qiu - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Prediction of seismic liquefaction is difficult due to the uncertainties and complexity of
multiple related factors. Bayesian network is a just right effective tool to deal the problem …

Decision analysis for management of natural hazards

M Simpson, R James, JW Hall… - Annual Review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Losses from natural hazards, including geophysical and hydrometeorological hazards, have
been increasing worldwide. This review focuses on the process by which scientific evidence …

VoI-informed decision-making for SHM system arrangement

WH Zhang, J Qin, DG Lu, S Thöns… - Structural Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Structural health monitoring systems have been widely implemented to provide real-time
continuous data support and to ensure structural safety in the context of structural integrity …

Earthquake disaster risk index for Canadian cities using Bayesian belief networks

G Cockburn, S Tesfamariam - … of Risk for Engineered Systems and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Devastation observed from global earthquakes highlights the need for a decision-making
tool to aid in prioritisation and resource allocation for seismic risk management. In this …