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EPSRC Reference:	GR/M90276/01
Title:	UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING & THE SEISMIC VULNERABILITY OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS
Principal Investigator:	Blockley, Professor D
Other Investigators:	D'Ayala, Professor DF
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Department:	Civil Engineering
Organisation:	University of Bristol
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	21 June 1999	Ends:	20 July 1999	Value (£):	1,600
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Building Ops & Management
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Detailed research discussions over one week in Bristol on the relationship of random sets, fuzzy sets, interval probability theory and their use in engineering problems. These theories are crucial if an engineering theory of evidence about open world problems with sparse data and much judgement is to be developed into a useful and practical form. Two workshops will also be held, one in Bristol and one in Bath at which lectures will be presented by the two VFs, to the Faculties. The Bristol workshop will focus on the theory and the Bath workshop on the use of the theory in research on the seismic vulnerability of historic masonry buildings, defining damage levels and relating damage with computed vulnerability.
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