Systems analysis for civil engineering / Lamuel Martinez.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Architectural engineering -- Construction engineering -- Sub-disciplines of civil engineering -- Flow measurement -- Hydraulic structure -- Hydraulic jump -- Hydraulic pump.

"Individuals make hundreds of decisions every day, sometimes consciously but often unconsciously. In doing so, we aim to achieve certain goals but, however, face restrictions. By reading this book, you aim to learn, or perhaps simply to obtain a good grade at school, but you are faced with a limited amount of time available to dedicate to it. A few personal decisions are transcendent enough to be organized into a more formal framework. Those consuming significant amounts of their own resources (purchase of a house/car or a major trip overseas)
surpass a threshold level that forces us to look into alternatives and to choose carefully. This book deals with the methods and techniques that a civil engineer can use when analysing a system. It provides a means for supporting the decision-making process for the allocation of resources under circumstances with either conflicting goals or limited availability. This comprehensive text, introduces fundamentals of the subject. The book is designed for undergraduates majoring in civil engineering"-- Back cover.