Probability, Reliability, and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design

Text for a one-term course on Probability and Statistics intended primarily for civil engineering majors. Most often taught out of the Civil Engineering Department. Covers the key concepts and statistical techniques for assessing the reliability of structures and the risk factors in their design.

Achintya Haldar, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Sankaran Mahadevan, PhD, is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.