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 e...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Beroggi, Giampiero (Editor), Wallace, W.A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1995, 1995
Edition:1st ed. 1995
Series:Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1: Conceptual Aspects
  • Systems Engineering for Risk Management
  • Computer Supported Risk Management Between Scylla and Charybdis
  • Designing Risk and Environmental Management Support Systems 49
  • Modeling Human-Machine Systems A Challenge for Systems Analysis
  • Section 2: Planning and Policy Analysis
  • Contingency Planning Using Expert Judgment in a Group Decision Support Center Environment
  • GIS-Based Environmental Equity Analysis — A Case Study of TRI Facilities in the Pittsburgh Area
  • Transportation Hazard Analysis in an Integrated GIS Environment
  • GIS Applications in Emergency Management
  • Section 3: Operational Decision Making
  • On-Line Nuclear Power Reactor Accident Monitoring
  • Decision-Support Integration-Platform for Major Emergency Management
  • Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Telecommunications Technology to Deliver Public Safety Warnings
  • Decision Support for Real-Time Management of Hazardous Operations
  • Section 4: Commercial Applications
  • Integrated Information Systems for Technological Risk Assessment
  • Environmental Decision Support System for Air Quality Risk Assessment and Innovation Investment in Large Industrial Complexes and Energy Production Systems
  • Computer Models Used to Support Cleanup Decision Making at Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Sites
  • Environmental Modeling Software at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling
  • List of Contributors