“…This is particularly the case of dams that can give rise to risks for persons and property located downstream. Different methods are available in the literature for assessing dam safety: physical models, records of failures and accidents (Foster, Fell, & Spannagle, 2000a, 2000bKreuzer, 2000), systemic methods (Peyras, Royet, & Boissier, 2006;Serre, Peyras, Curt, Boissier, & Diab, 2007) and knowledge-based methods (Andersen, Chouinard, Hover, & Cox, 2001;Andersen & Torrey, 1995;Chou, Chen, Wang, Chen, & Chen, 2001;Curt, Peyras, & Boissier, 2010;Curt, Talon, & Mauris, 2011;Hydro-Québec, 2005;Peyras et al, 2011;Serre et al, 2007).…”