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Preliminaries
1. Fundamental Properties of Earthquake Input Energy on Single and Connected Building Structures, I. Takewaki	1
2. Practical Methods for Uncertainty Analysis in Seismic Design, J.E. Hurtado	29
3. Spatial Variability of Earthquake Ground Motion and its Implications for the Dynamic Response of Extended Structures, A.G. Sextos	59
4. Seismologically-Consistent Stochastic Response Spectra, S. Sgobba, C.G. Marano, P.J. Stafford and R. Greco	95
5. Probabilistic Assessment of the Seismic Performance of Steel Buildings Designed According to the LRFD Specification, C.A. Bermúdez, J.E. Hurtado, L.G. Pujades, A.H. Barbat and J.R. González-Drigo	133
6. Economic Seismic Design of Buildings, Ch.Ch. Mitropoulou, S.A. Krikos, A.D. Fotis, N.D. Lagaros and M. Papadrakakis	165
7. Performance-based Seismic Design of Buildings using Structural Optimisation, M. Fragiadakis	197
8. Progress in the Performance-based Seismic Design of Light-Frame Wood Buildings, J.W. van de Lindt and S. Pei	229
9. Metamodel Assisted Performance-Based Optimization for Hospital Systems, G.P. Cimellaro, A.M. Reinhorn and M. Bruneau	241
10. Seismic Analysis of Light Secondary Substructures via an Extended Response Spectrum Method, G. Muscolino and A. Palmeri	289
11. Seismic Response of Existing Non-Conforming Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Unreinforced Masonry Infills, C.A. Zeris	323
12. Seismic Evaluation of Building Envelope Systems and Some Innovative Designs, A.M. Memari	363
13. Optimal Restoration Scheduling for Earthquake Disaster, K. Nakatsu, H. Furuta and Y. Nomura	399
14. Advances in Seismic Slope Stability Analysis of Earth Structures, Y. Tsompanakis, V. Zania and P.N. Psarropoulos	429
15. Seismic Distress of Retaining Walls and Bridge Abutments, P.N. Psarropoulos	457
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