1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996200160503316

Autore

Ganoulis J

Titolo

Engineering risk analysis of water pollution [[electronic resource] ] : probabilities and fuzzy sets / / Jacques G. Ganoulis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim ; ; New York, : VCH, c1994

ISBN

1-281-75876-0

9786611758769

3-527-61575-X

3-527-61574-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

553.7

628.168

Soggetti

Water - Pollution

Water - Pollution potential

Sewage - Environmental aspects

Water quality

Environmental risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Engineering Risk Analysis of Water Pollution Probabilities and Fuzzy Sets; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Role of Engineering Risk Analysis in Water Pollution Problems; 1.1.1 Importance of Natural Water Resources; 1.1.2 Importance of Water Quality; 1.1.3 Environmental Water Pollution; 1.1.4 Management of Water Quantity and Quality; 1.1.5 Uncertainties in Water Resources Management; 1.2 Environmental Risk Assessment and Management; 1.3 Aim and Organisation of the Book; 2 Risk Identification; 2.1 Definition of Risk; 2.2 Uncertainties in Water Pollution Problems; 2.3 Probabilistic Approach

2.3.1 Basic Probability2.3.2 Probabilistic Risk and Reliability; 2.4 Use of Fuzzy Set Theory; 2.4.1 Basic Definitions; 2.4.2 Fuzzy Risk and Reliability; 2.5 Water Quality Specifications; 2.5.1 Water Quality Standards; 2.5.2 Effluent Standards; 3 Risk Quantification; 3.1 Stochastic Approach; 3.1.1 Direct Evaluation; 3.1.2 Second-Moment Formulation; 3.1.3 Frequency Analysis of Data; 3.1.4 Stochastic



Modelling; 3.1.5 Monte Carlo Simulation; 3.2 Fuzzy Set Theory; 3.2.1 Fuzzy Regression; 3.2.2 Fuzzy Modelling; 3.3 Time Dependence and System Risk; 3.3.1 Failure and Reliability Functions

3.3.2 Failure Rate and Hazard Function3.3.3 Expected Life; 3.3.4 System Risk and Reliability; 3.3.4.1 Series Systems; 3.3.4.2 Parallel Systems; 4 Risk Assessment of Environmental Water Quality; 4.1 Risk in Coastal Water Pollution; 4.1.1 Uncertainties in Coastal Water Quality Processes; 4.1.2 Mathematical Modelling; 4.1.2.1 Molecular Diffusion; 4.1.2.2 Turbulent Diffusion; 4.1.2.3 Turbulent Dispersion; 4.1.2.4 Growth Kinetics; 4.1.2.5 Coastal Circulation; 4.1.3 Random Walk Simulation; 4.1.4 Dispersion by Wind Generated Currents; 4.2 Risk in River Water Quality; 4.2.1 Introduction

4.2.2 Mathematical Modelling and Simulation4.2.2.1 Physically Based Mathematical Models; 4.2.2.2 Numerical Simulation; 4.2.3 Time Series of Water Quality Data; 4.2.4 Risk Assessment; 4.3 Risk in Groundwater Contamination; 4.3.1 Importance of Groundwater Resources; 4.3.1.1 Groundwater in the Hydrological Cycle; 4.3.1.2 Steps in Groundwater Development; 4.3.2 Properties and Field Investigation of Groundwater Systems; 4.3.2.1 Water in Geological Formations; 4.3.2.2 Space and Time Scales; 4.3.3 Aquifer Hydraulic Properties; 4.3.3.1 Measurements and Field Investigations

4.3.4 Conceptual and Mathematical Models4.3.4.1 Conceptual Models and Flow Equations; 4.3.4.2 Analytical Solutions; 4.3.5 Spatial Variability and Stochastic Modelling; 4.3.5.1 Uncertainties in Aquifer Contamination Studies; 4.3.5.2 Stochastic Description; 4.3.6 Risk Assessment of Groundwater Pollution; 4.3.6.1 Immiscible Fluids; 4.3.6.2 Solute Transport and Random Walks; 5 Risk Management; 5.1 Performance Indices and Figures of Merit; 5.2 Objective Functions and Optimization; 5.2.1 Continuous Decision Problems; 5.2.2 Optimization Methods; 5.2.3 Discontinuous Decision Problems

5.3 Basic Decision Theory

Sommario/riassunto

Question: How can I best evaluate the environmental impact and find the risk of water pollution from wastewater disposal? Answer: This book shows you the way! In a unique and comprehensive manner, questions of risk and reliability in water quality are analyzed. And more than that: The author also develops a methodology to evaluate the environmental impact of wastewater disposal on rivers, groundwater and coastal areas.Major topics covered include: fuzzy set theory for engineering risk analysis/ uncertainty analysis of water quantity and quality data/ stochastic and fuzzy simula



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910288757403321

Autore

Alexandre Véronique

Titolo

Le bovarysme et la littérature de langue anglaise / / Yvan Leclerc, Nicole Terrien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mont-Saint-Aignan, : Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre, 2018

ISBN

979-1-02-401083-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BenhamouNoëlle

DuechLorie-Anne

FraysseSuzanne

GoaterThierry

GuigneryVanessa

JayotDelphine

LeclercYvan

PalleauFrançoise

RizkAnnie

RomanskiPhilippe

TerrienNicole

WargnyDanielle

WilliamsTony

WolffCynthia Griffin

Soggetti

Literature (General)

roman

littérature

Bovary

œuvre-ouverte

bovarysme

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

La notion centrale de bovarysme retenue comme outil d'analyse a



permis de mettre en relief, au-delà de ressemblances thématiques, une interrogation récurrente du texte littéraire sur le rôle de la lecture dans la définition de sa propre identité. Le roman de Flaubert et son héroïne constituent alors plus qu'une référence, une véritable déclaration de connivence entre auteur et lecteur / lectrice qui situe le roman au coeur d'un incessant processus de création/recréation, plus tard explicité par Umberto Eco comme celui de « œuvre ouverte ». A l'intertextualité affirmée se joint une dimension métatextuelle donnant au roman une portée autocritique qui dépasse le niveau du simple divertissement, sans pourtant nier la nécessaire facette Iudique. Ce que les études ici réunies ont montré, c'est que la critique littéraire la plus contemporaine n'est pas une construction in abstracto, mais bien une théorisation s'appuyant sur la trame même du. Récit romanesque, au-delà des modes, des époques ou des limites géographiques.