The paper proposes that experiments on building stacks of blocks, such as domino or penny towers, can be used to test procedures for design against uncertainty. First, a probabilistic model of the height at toppling of a domino tower is developed and compared with experiments. Then a simple probabilistic design problem of bidding on the height of a domino tower is presented and solved. Experiments will be conducted to validate the solution for various levels of uncertainty. Finally, a more complex design problem, which shares many characteristics of real life problems involving design of a building, is proposed for future testing of design procedures.
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