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- catalog abstract ""Degrees of Belief: Subjective Probability and Engineering Judgment artfully weaves together the three elements at the very core of engineering: uncertainties in knowledge, inductive reasoning, and individual expertise. Written from a geotechnical and earth sciences perspective, it brings new meaning to these concepts for nearly any field of engineering, science, or technology decision making. It begins by examining the tension between theory and practice, showing how this is manifested in the different meanings of probability used in reliability and risk analysis. This book emphasizes the cognitive processes used in conceptualizing uncertainty, with techniques and tools for subjective probability assessment. Turning to what this requires, it lends substance to professional judgment by examining its diagnostic, inductive, and interpretive elements. It also investigates the nature of expertise by bringing to life such towering figures as Roebling, Stevens, and Terzaghi, and their monumental engineering achievements."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12616155.
- catalog contributor b12616156.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Degrees of Belief: Subjective Probability and Engineering Judgment artfully weaves together the three elements at the very core of engineering: uncertainties in knowledge, inductive reasoning, and individual expertise. Written from a geotechnical and earth sciences perspective, it brings new meaning to these concepts for nearly any field of engineering, science, or technology decision making. It begins by examining the tension between theory and practice, showing how this is manifested in the different meanings of probability used in reliability and risk analysis. This book emphasizes the cognitive processes used in conceptualizing uncertainty, with techniques and tools for subjective probability assessment.".
- catalog description "Contents.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-446) and index.".
- catalog description "Turning to what this requires, it lends substance to professional judgment by examining its diagnostic, inductive, and interpretive elements. It also investigates the nature of expertise by bringing to life such towering figures as Roebling, Stevens, and Terzaghi, and their monumental engineering achievements."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "x, 455 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0784405980".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reston, VA : ASCE Press,".
- catalog subject "624 21".
- catalog subject "Engineering Statistical methods.".
- catalog subject "Probabilities.".
- catalog subject "Risk assessment.".
- catalog subject "TA340 .V53 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Contents.".
- catalog title "Degrees of belief : subjective probability and engineering judgment / Steven G. Vick.".
- catalog type "text".