Question: ( 3 0 points ) Problem 5 . Flooding threat using the coin toss model. Let's define a parameter, ( theta )

(30 points) Problem 5. Flooding threat using the coin toss model. Let's define a parameter, \(\theta \), to indicate flood risk for the road system in an area. The parameter, \(\theta \), represents the percentage of road segments where surface runoff exceeds drainage capability and are coded into three categories: low, medium, and high risk. Thanks to variation in natural and built environment, \(\theta \) varies from year to year. Prior knowledge shows that \(\theta \) takes on one of three values in the past flood seasons:
Notes: \( P(\theta)=0.85\) means that flood risk was found low for \(85\%\) of the times; \( P(\theta)=0.10\) means that flood risk was found medium for \(10\%\) of the times; \( P(\theta)=0.05\) means that flood risk was found to be high for \(5\%\) of the times.
Due to increasingly volatile weather conditions, engineers must re-calculate flood risk in order to plan for road maintenance and monitoring programs. Sensors are deployed to monitor flooding across 10 road segments in the area. Six of them reported flooding events.
1. What is the most likely flood risk after considering the new evidence from the sensors? Use Bayes' rule.
2. What if 100 sensors are deployed (instead of 10 sensors, as originally given) and report that 60 segments are flooded? What is the flood risk for the area then?
( 3 0 points ) Problem 5 . Flooding threat using

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