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Geosciences, 2023 Rockfall simulations are often performed at various levels of detail depending on the required safety margins of rockfall-hazard-related assessments. As a pseudo benchmark, the simulation results from different models can be put side-by-side and compared
François Noël +6 more
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Automated terrestrial laser scanning with near-real-time change detection – monitoring of the Séchilienne landslide [PDF]
Earth Surface Dynamics, 2017 We present an automated terrestrial laser scanning (ATLS) system with automatic near-real-time change detection processing. The ATLS system was tested on the Séchilienne landslide in France for a 6-week period with data collected at 30 min intervals ...
R. A. Kromer +10 more
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A multi-stage heuristic method for service caching and task offloading to improve the cooperation between edge and cloud computing [PDF]
PeerJ Computer Science, 2022 Edge-cloud computing has attracted increasing attention recently due to its efficiency on providing services for not only delay-sensitive applications but also resource-intensive requests, by combining low-latency edge resources and abundant cloud ...
Xiaoqian Chen +5 more
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Engineering Economics: Scientometric Analysis of the Subject Area [PDF]
Sustainable Development and Engineering Economics, 2022 Engineering economics is located at the intersection of the science of economics and engineering practice, which means it attracts the attention of both fields.
Tatiana Kudryavtseva +3 more
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Improving safety in Greek road tunnels [PDF]
, 2010 Tunnels are regarded as one of the most important infrastructures in Europe, as they may improve the connection of regions and aid economic development through facilitating the transportation of people and goods.
Kazaras, K. +3 more
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"Last-Mile" preparation for a potential disaster [PDF]
, 2009 Extreme natural events, like e.g. tsunamis or earthquakes, regularly lead to catastrophes with dramatic consequences. In recent years natural disasters caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, destruction of infrastructure, disruption of economic activity
Birkmann, J. +16 more
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Quantifying the effectiveness of early warning systems for natural hazards [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016 Early warning systems (EWSs) are increasingly applied as preventive measures within an integrated risk management approach for natural hazards. At present, common standards and detailed guidelines for the evaluation of their effectiveness are lacking. To
M. Sättele, M. Bründl, D. Straub
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Earthquake early warning (EEW) not only improves resilience against the risk of earthquake disasters, but also provides new insights into seismological processes.
Jiawei Li +4 more
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Risk Analysis in Engineering Projects
, 2021 Modern business processes are characterized by a large number of random factors that can affect the characteristics of internal and external processes. The created models use the method of calculating output parameters as an operation with random characteristics of factors that affect the final results.
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IEEE AccessSince 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected global health, economies, and societal structures, leading to great attention to new research and awareness.
Caio B. S. Maior +4 more
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