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Structural Safety Vol. 18, No. 2/3, p. 65, 1996 Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.

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Guest Editorial

Engineers are seeking improved methods for evaluation and design of structural systems. Modem concepts and methods of reliability have to be used for this purpose.

The contributions in this special issue of Structural Safety address topics covering reliability-based evaluation and design of masonry, steel, and reinforced concrete structures. It is our hope that these contributions will help to advance both the state-of-the-art and the state-of-practice in reliability-based evaluation and design of structural components and systems.

Finally, our thanks are due to the authors and reviewers for their effort to make this special issue possible.

Dan M. Frangopol and Robert E. Melchers Guest Editors

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