Risk assessment, modeling and decision support
Subtitle: strategic decisions
By: Ann Bostrom, Steven French, Sara Gottlieb, editors.
Contributors: Bostrom, Ann.; French, Steven P.; Gottlieb, Sara J.
Series: Risk, governance and society -- v. 14
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9783540711575
Subjects: Earthquake hazard analysis; Natural disasters -- Risk assessment; Decision support systems
Description: "The papers in this volume integrate results from current research efforts in earthquake engineering with research from the larger risk assessment community. The authors include risk and hazard researchers from the major U.S. hazard and earthquake centers and some from abroad as well as programmers and analysts from leading insurance and risk assessment firms. The introductory chapter provides an historical overview of the rise of risk assessment in the U.S., with particular emphasis on the role of seismic risk assessment. Four key components of risk assessment and decision support software are analyzed in detail in the remaining papers: treatment of uncertainty, loss assessment, modeling of seismic mitigation strategies, and visualization of risk and uncertainty. The volume lays out a road map for future developments in risk modeling and decision support and positions earthquake engineering research within the family of risk analysis tools and techniques."--Back cover.
Notes: "The volume is the product of a workshop held in Boulder, Colorado in July 2006"--P. 2.

Includes bibliographical references and index.