1. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7 (corresponding author).
2. Professor, Jointly in School of Geography and Earth Sciences, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7.
3. Associate Professor, Dept. of Informatics, Modelling, Electronics and Systems Engineering, Univ. of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, Arcavacata Rende, Cosenza 87036, Italy.