Preface [18th International Probabilistic Workshop - IPW 2020]

Abstract

[Excerto] The need to handle uncertainty and to make informed decisions renders evident the importance of the probabilistic and reliability topics. This can be seen in the most recent advances on the topic of the existing infrastructure maintenance and management, especially those related to safety and security under extreme events. Additionally, it is well-known that climate change issues are becoming even more relevant, with an impact on society, mostly affecting the likelihood and consequences of some natural hazards. Indeed, there is a need to develop deeper studies on data science, as well as on its application to system analysis, combining probabilistic and reliability tools to face the huge uncertainty