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Computer Supported Risk Management
. Ed(S): Beroggi, Giampiero E. G.; Wallace, W. A.
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Description for Computer Supported Risk Management
Hardback. Advances in information technology provide opportunities for the development of computer systems that support risk managers in complex tasks. This book addresses four major issues in computer supported risk management: conceptual aspects; planning and policy analysis; operational decision making; and, commercial applications. Editor(s): Beroggi, Giampiero E. G.; Wallace, W. A. Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TBC; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Advances in information technology provide opportunities for the development of computer systems that support risk managers in complex tasks. Leading experts report on the potentials and limitations concerning the use of computer systems in risk management. Their reports are based on many years of experience in their fields which include: risk analysis, systems engineering, geographic information systems, decision support systems, human--machine systems, and psychology.
The book addresses four major issues in computer supported risk management:
Advances in information technology provide opportunities for the development of computer systems that support risk managers in complex tasks. Leading experts report on the potentials and limitations concerning the use of computer systems in risk management. Their reports are based on many years of experience in their fields which include: risk analysis, systems engineering, geographic information systems, decision support systems, human--machine systems, and psychology.
The book addresses four major issues in computer supported risk management:
- Conceptual aspects: the role, design, and use of computers in risk management
- Planning and ... Read more transportation, equity analysis, emergency management, group decision making
- Operational decision making: nuclear power monitoring, emergency response, public safety warning, satellite tracking
- Commercial applications: GIS from IIASA, InterClair from IAEA, EPA software, cleanup decision support software survey. This book is meant for researchers, who will find the emerging issues in risk management that are motivated by the encounter of new tasks and novel technology; practitioners who will have descriptions and references of the state-of-the-art models and software; and students who will learn the basic concepts needed to develop advanced information and decision support systems in risk management.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Series
Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Number of Pages
373
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792333722
SKU
V9780792333722
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Ref
99-15
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