.. _lblAbbreviations:

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Abbreviations
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The following abbreviations are used in the documentation:

**General**

:BIM: Building Information Model

:DL: Damage and Loss

:EDP: Engineering Demand Parameter

:EVT: Hazard Event (of earthquake/tsunami/storm surge hazard)

:GM: Ground Motion (of earthquake hazard)

:IM: Intensity Measure (of hazard event)

:SAM: Structural Analysis Model (i.e. finite element model)

:SIM: Simulation

:UQ: Uncertainty Quantification

:RV: Random Variables

:QoI: Quantities of Interest

.. only:: PBE_app

  **Performance Assessment**

  :DS: Damage State

  :DV: Decision Variable

  :LS: Limit State