Based on the author's extensive experience, this book presents recent advances in systems theory and methodology for infrastructure engineering. It highlights modern approaches to the analysis, design, construction, implementation, management, and maintenance of large-scale infrastructure systems and projects, including transportation and water resources. This thoroughly updated and expanded second edition covers contemporary state-space methods for systems modeling and design, user-friendly interactive programs for outcomes research, advanced techniques for control of water supply systems and pipe networks, and Eigenvalue, hydraulic, and discount rate computations.

Patrick H. McDonald is Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Preface	p. i
The Nature Of Systems	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Elements	p. 2
Relationships	p. 3
Boundaries	p. 3
Totality	p. 4
Eos	p. 6
Systems In Engineering	p. 7
Introduction	p. 7
Civil Engineering Projects	p. 8
Hierarchies	p. 12
Theories Of Systems	p. 13
Introduction	p. 13
The Black Box Model	p. 13
Linked Component Systems	p. 16
Linear Graphs And Networks	p. 28
Decision Process Approach	p. 31
State Space Theory	p. 32
Differential Equations For Systems	p. 36
Project #1	p. 39
Optimization	p. 40
Introduction	p. 40
Earthmoving	p. 41
Concrete Products Plant	p. 43
Portal Frame Structure	p. 47
Ewasa	p. 50
Optimization Summary	p. 55
Project #2	p. 56
Systems Evaluation	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
Planning Horizon	p. 59
The Time Value Of Money	p. 60
Discount Factors	p. 61
Cash Flow Diagrams	p. 62
Inflation	p. 64
Example 1	p. 65
Example 2	p. 67
The Principle Of Replacement	p. 69
Example 3	p. 69
Benefit/Cost Ratios	p. 71
Example 4	p. 72
Computing The Discount Rate	p. 75
Project #3	p. 76
Linear Graphs	p. 84
Introduction	p. 84
Cut Sets	p. 88
Network Capacity	p. 88
Tabular Form Of Cut Set Analysis	p. 91
Dual Nets	p. 92
The Link-Node Incidence Matrix	p. 95
An Example	p. 97
Multiple Sources And Sinks	p. 101
Project #4	p. 103
Cpm And Pert	p. 107
Introduction	p. 107
Cpm	p. 107
Activity On The Node	p. 109
Book Tower Project	p. 109
The Critical Path	p. 112
Network Computer Programs	p. 115
The Gantt Chart	p. 119
Pert	p. 121
Expected Times	p. 122
Reliability Of Expected Times	p. 124
Network Optimization	p. 125
Project #5	p. 127
Decision Analysis Models	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Elements Of Probability	p. 131
Decision Trees	p. 133
On The Beach	p. 134
The Emv Criterion	p. 137
Utility	p. 138
Extended Probability	p. 143
On The Beach Again	p. 149
Project #6	p. 152
Calculus Optimization	p. 158
Introduction	p. 158
Black Ankle One	p. 158
Black Ankle Two	p. 161
Stationary Points	p. 164
Black Ankle Three	p. 166
Concrete Products Plant Redux	p. 167
Project #7	p. 169
Lagrange Multiplier Method	p. 172
Introduction	p. 172
Lagrange Multipliers	p. 172
Optimization With Several Variables	p. 175
Lagrange Multiplier Method	p. 180
The Kuhn-Tucker Theorem	p. 181
Project #8	p. 182
Linear Programming	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
An Optimization Example	p. 185
The Simplex Method	p. 191
The Tableaux Method	p. 196
The Linear Programming Procedure	p. 201
Integer Programming	p. 206
Sensitivity Analysis	p. 208
Computer Methods	p. 216
Project #9	p. 218
Nonlinear Programming	p. 222
Introduction	p. 222
Nonlinear Systems Topology	p. 223
Climbing Techniques	p. 228
Pattern Search	p. 229
A Pattern Search Example	p. 231
Hooke-Jeeves Programs	p. 238
Project #10	p. 241
Systems Simulation	p. 245
Introduction	p. 245
Elements Of Statistics	p. 246
Samples	p. 248
Random Numbers	p. 249
The Normal Distribution	p. 250
Skewed Distributions	p. 255
Queues	p. 268
Project #11	p. 272
Differential Equations For Systems	p. 277
Introduction	p. 277
The Ecology Of Systems	p. 278
Demography	p. 281
Switching Point Theory	p. 284
Fitting Logistics To Data	p. 297
Project #12	p. 314
State Space Systems	p. 317
Introduction	p. 317
Vectors	p. 317
Laplace Transform	p. 339
State Space	p. 341
Singularity Functions	p. 347
Convolution Integral	p. 351
System Descriptors	p. 352
Impulse Response	p. 354
General Response	p. 358
Fixed System Response	p. 360
A Beam Vibration	p. 371
A Beam Vibration--State Space Style	p. 376
Structural Dynamics	p. 387
Seismic Structural Analysis	p. 389
Project #13	p. 396
Autonomous Systems	p. 406
Introduction	p. 406
Fuzzy Sets	p. 407
Water Supply Networks	p. 411
Pipe Network Water Supply	p. 412
Control Of Water Supply System	p. 421
Automatic Systems	p. 433
Project #14	p. 441
Computing The Discount Rate	p. 445
Treatment Of Data	p. 450
Introduction	p. 450
Least Squares Fitting	p. 450
The Logistic Curve	p. 456
The Pearson Differential Equation	p. 460
The Generic Form	p. 460
Pearson-III Statistics	p. 462
Cumulative Probability	p. 463
The Pert Formula	p. 464
Matrices	p. 469
Tableau Algorithms	p. 477
Normal Frequency Distribution	p. 485
Cumulative Probability	p. 485
Computer Program	p. 486
Example Computation	p. 487
Drawing Random Numbers	p. 488
Introduction	p. 488
Computer Program	p. 488
Example Computation	p. 490
The Linear Oscillator	p. 492
Undamped Oscillator	p. 492
Linear Oscillator With Damping	p. 493
Stochastic Processes	p. 494
Hydraulic Computations	p. 505
Flows In Pipes	p. 505
Channel Flow Computations	p. 513
Elgenvalue Computations	p. 521
The Algorithm	p. 521
The Program	p. 522
Example Problem	p. 526
Index	p. 528
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