Publication Date:
1979-11-01
Description:
Current projections indicate that six buildings per year will continue to be instrumented under the California Strong‐Motion Instrumentation Program for the next several decades. In order to select these buildings systematically for instrumentation, we have developed a methodology that incorporates the fundamental elements of decision theory. These elements include an identification of the types of buildings that should be instrumented, a definition of the expected severity of ground shaking at each possible building site along with the probability of occurrence, and a quantification of the relative value of obtaining a building‐response record for each building type. Using this information, we can apply decision theory to calculate the expected utility (degree of preference) of instrumenting buildings of a particular type at various sites. The sites are then ranked in order of preference for each building type. This procedure, developed for the California Strong‐Motion Instrumentation Program, can be extended to instrumentation programs in other areas. Copyright © 1979 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Print ISSN:
0098-8847
Electronic ISSN:
1096-9845
Topics:
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
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