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Barbara J. Lence
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 60
Citations - 1503
Barbara J. Lence is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reliability (statistics) & Fuzzy logic. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 60 publications receiving 1374 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara J. Lence include Laval University & Golder Associates.
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Genetic Algorithms for Reliability-Based Optimization of Water Distribution Systems
TL;DR: In this paper, a new approach for reliability-based optimization of water distribution networks is presented, which links a genetic algorithm (GA) as the optimization tool with the first-order reliability method (FORM) for estimating network capacity reliability.
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First‐order reliability method for estimating reliability, vulnerability, and resilience
TL;DR: In this article, an efficient method for estimating reliability, vulnerability, and resilience, which is based on the First-Order Reliability Method (FORM), is developed and demonstrated for the case study of managing water quality in the Willamette River, Oregon.
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Assessing the performance of sustainable technologies for building projects
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the primary cause-and-effect relationships of selected sustainable building technologies and illustrate elements of a framework for the systematic assessment of their performance from an environmental, social, economic, and technical perspective.
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Assessing the performance of sustainable technologies: a framework and its application
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework to provide a logical structure for the a priori assessment of a particular technology with regard to sustainability concepts, performance, and relevancy to a project's construction process and operation is introduced.
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Surface water quality management using a multiple-realization chance constraint method
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a heuristic and neural network technique to reduce the computational time required to solve the multiple realization model, through identification and utilization of only potentially important stream and water quality information that influence the optimal solution.