by Vance Tan | Jan 15, 2014
This study attempts to reconcile the conflicting results reported in the literature concerning the behavior of peak-over-threshold (POT) daily rainfall extremes and their distribution. By using two worldwide data sets, the impact of threshold selection and record...
by Vance Tan | Jan 14, 2014
Extreme natural hazards such as floods, hurricanes and earthquakes can cause catastrophic failures of infrastructure assets and networks. Understanding the risks due to natural hazards on large-scale infrastructures presents several challenges due to ubiquitous...
by Vance Tan | Dec 8, 2013
For modern cities addressing critical infrastructure risk has become very relevant from a safety and security point of view. As seen in recent times, among the different shocks that large-scale infrastructures are exposed to climate hazards have the potential of...
by Vance Tan | Nov 11, 2013
National infrastructure (NI) forms the backbone of our modern communities and provides the foundations for economic productivity and social wellbeing. NI includes the five economic infrastructure sectors of: (1) energy, (2) transport, (3) water, (4) waste, and (5)...
by Vance Tan | Oct 9, 2013
Moving from univariate to multivariate frequency analysis, this study extends the Klemeš’ critique of the widespread belief that the increasingly refined mathematical structures of probability functions increase the accuracy and credibility of the extrapolated upper...
