TY - BOOK AU - Rychlik,Igor AU - Rydén,Jesper ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Probability and Risk Analysis: An Introduction for Engineers SN - 9783540395218 AV - QA276-280 U1 - 519.5 23 PY - 2006/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Statistics KW - Distribution (Probability theory KW - System safety KW - Civil engineering KW - Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences KW - Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes KW - Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk KW - Civil Engineering N1 - Basic Probability -- Probabilities in Risk Analysis -- Distributions and Random Variables -- Fitting Distributions to Data – Classical Inference -- Conditional Distributions with Applications -- to Bayesian Inference -- Intensities and Poisson Models -- Failure Probabilities and Safety Indexes -- Estimation of Quantiles -- Design Loads and Extreme Values N2 - This book presents notions and ideas from the foundations of a statistical treatment of risks. Bayesian methods are frequently used in that area, hence a reasonable proportion of the presentation is devoted to such approaches. Modern statistical tools, namely Poisson regression, analysis of deviance, extreme-value theory and threshold methods are also used to identify and solve practical problems. The knowledge of such tools facilitates the understanding of the role of probability in risk analysis and proper use of outputs given by software packages. The book is written with a student in mind who has studied elementary undergraduate courses in engineering mathematics, perhaps including an introductory course in statistics. The text emphasizes an understanding of the theory and methods presented. Hence, comments are given verbally and an intuitive reasoning is frequent. This is not just another new textbook on elementary probability and statistics, but focuses strongly on applications within the field of risk and safety analysis UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39521-8 ER -