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Increasingly, segments of the civil infrastructure are considered to be parts of larger systems, which requires a systems approach for a fuller and proper understanding and solutions of problems.
Sommario
1. WHY THIS BOOK?
2. PEDAGOGICAL BACKGROUND
3. DYNAMICS IN PAVEMENTS
4. HOW TO MODEL A PROBLEM
5. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIABLES
6. CASCADING EFFECTS
7. FEEDBACK CAUSAL SYSTEM
8. ANALYSIS OF PAVEMENT SYSTEMS
9. MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS
10. PROABILISTIC SIMULATION WITH SYSTEM DYNAMICS
11. SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS
12. SYSTEM DYNAMICS - PATH FORWARD
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Rajib Basu Mallick, PhD, PE, FASCE, is Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas, El Paso, and an Affiliate Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, USA. He is a graduate from Auburn University, USA, and has worked as a senior research associate at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT), Auburn University, as a Ralph White Family Distinguished Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, USA and as a Professor of Civil Engineering at IIT Delhi, India. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of pavement engineering, specifically resilient and sustainable pavements. He has successfully completed more than 30 research projects and 10 consulting projects for the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and State Departments of Transportation, and has developed technologies that are used for the design of innovative bituminous mixes. He is a recipient of the US Fulbright fellowship, has authored 2 textbooks, 106 journal papers, 75 conference papers, and 38 research reports, and has a US patent.
