This book, for the first time, introduces comprehensively all main
topics of lifeline earthquake engineering, including the structure
analysis, network evaluation, and network design. The distinctive
features involved in this book are the construction of theories and
methods for stochastic analysis of structures based the physical idea,
probability analytical algorithms for network evaluation by employing
Boolean Algebra, functional evaluation of water distribution networks
using hydraulic analysis, and network design methods by employing
genetic, simulated annealing, and hybrid algorithms.