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Use of expert judgment elicitation to estimate seismic vulnerability of selected building types

September 24, 2012

Pooling engineering input on earthquake building vulnerability through an expert judgment elicitation process requires careful deliberation. This article provides an
overview of expert judgment procedures including the Delphi approach and the Cooke performance-based method to estimate the seismic vulnerability of a building category.

Publication Year 2012
Title Use of expert judgment elicitation to estimate seismic vulnerability of selected building types
Authors K. S. Jaiswal, W. Aspinall, D. Perkins, D. Wald, K.A. Porter
Publication Type Book
Publication Subtype Conference publication
Index ID 70044381
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Geologic Hazards Science Center