Probability Concepts in Civil Engineering Planning & Design

3 credits · Graduate

This course introduces concepts related to the role of probability in civil engineering, uncertainty in real-world information, design and decision making under uncertainty. Examples will be derived from planning and design of airport pavements, hydrologic design, of structures and machines, geotechnical design, construction planning and management, photogrammetric and geodetic surveying measurements. The course will discuss analytical models of random phenomena, functions of random variables, estimating parameters from observation data, empirical determination of distribution models, regression and correlation analyses, elements of quality assurance and acceptance sampling.