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  • Okrent, D.
    A Survey of Expert Opinion on Low Probability Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 58 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7515
    Keywords: Louisiana; Massachusetts; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Probability theory; North Carolina; Site surveys; Nuclear power plants; History; Geological faults; Mississippi; Nebraska; California; Oregon; Risk; South Carolina; Ohio; Earthquake engineering; Delaware; Earthquakes

  • de Neufville, R.
    How Do We Evaluate and Choose Between Alternative Codes for Design and Performance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-3
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Safety factor; Benefit cost analysis; Probability density functions; Seismic risk; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Risk; Building codes; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes

  • Tong, W. H.
    Seismic Risk Analysis for Two-Sites Case.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., May 1975, 87 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-22
    Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Spatial distribution; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Site surveys; Risk; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes

  • Veneziano, D.
    Probabilistic and Statistical Models for Seismic Risk Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., July 1975, 156 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-34
    Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Risk; Nuclear power plants; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes

  • Hsieh, T.; Okrent, D.
    Some Probabilistic Aspects of the Seismic Risk of Nuclear Reactors.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., December 1976, 85 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-76113
    Keywords: Numerical analysis; Risk benefit analysis; Failure; Mathematical models; Risk; Nuclear reactor safety; Piping systems; Uncertainty; Earthquakes

  • Gasparini, D. A.
    On the Safety Provided by Alternate Seismic Design Methods.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Div. of Advanced Environmental Research and Technology., July 1977, 218 p.
    Identifying Number(s): R77-22
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Earth movements; Degrees of freedom; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Random vibration; Risk; Dynamic response; Design criteria

  • Weisbecker, L. W.; Stoneman, W. C.; Ackerman, S. E.
    Earthquake Prediction, Uncertainty, and Policies for the Future: A Technology Assessment of Earthquake Prediction.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1977, 311 p.
    Identifying Number(s): CRESS-19
    Keywords: Regional planning; Predictions; Technology assessment; Earthquake prediction; Attitudes; Risk analysis; Policies; Seismic risk; Earthquake warning systems; Earth movements; Disasters; Earthquake engineering; Risk; Earthquakes

  • RANN 2. Realizing Knowledge as a Resource. Proceedings of the Symposium on Research Applied to National Needs (2nd). Volume IV. Coping with Man-Made and Natural Hazards.
    January 1977, 179 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['NSF-77-54', 'NSF/RA-770248']
    Keywords: Air pollution; Research management; Objectives; Research projects; Universities; Land use; Knowledge; Disasters; Risk; Hazards; Meetings; Technology transfer; Government policies; Water pollution; Industries; Earthquakes; National Science Foundation

  • Apostolakis, G. E.
    The Effect of a Certain Class of Potential Common Mode Failures on the Reliability of Redundant Systems.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Energy R and D Policy., November 1975, 42 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7528
    Keywords: Statistical analysis; Failure; Mathematical models; Nuclear reactor safety; Risk; Birth and death processes; Nuclear power plants; Common mode failures; Reliability; Redundancy; Nuclear reactor accidents

  • Kunreuther, H.; Ginsberg, R.; Miller, L.; Sagi, P.; Slovic, P.
    Disaster Insurance Protection, Public Policy Lessons.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., cJanuary 1978, 422 p.
    Keywords: ; Models; Attitudes; Insurance; Losses; Behavior; Motivation; Disasters; Risk; Floods; Hazards; Decision making; Protection; Earthquakes