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Probability and Materials: Data Subjective and Objective Modeling

A Synthesis Paper

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A brief synthesis is presented for the contributed papers of Session A on “Data: Subjective and Objective Modeling” of the International Workshop PROBAMAT. Then, some of the critical issues of geotechnical site data modeling are discussed.

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Bourdeau, P.L. (1994). Probability and Materials: Data Subjective and Objective Modeling. In: Breysse, D. (eds) Probabilities and Materials. NATO ASI Series, vol 269. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1142-3_2

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