Ebook: 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 policy analysis: 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.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Systems Engineering for Risk Management....Pages 3-31
Computer Supported Risk Management Between Scylla and Charybdis....Pages 33-48
Designing Risk and Environmental Management Support Systems....Pages 49-59
Modeling of Human-Machine Systems A Challenge for Systems Analysis....Pages 61-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Contingency Planning Using Expert Judgment in a Group Decision Support Center Environment....Pages 79-94
GIS-Based Environmental Equity Analysis A Case Study of TRI Facilities in the Pittsburgh Area....Pages 95-114
Transportation Hazard Analysis in an Integrated GIS Environment....Pages 115-131
GIS Applications in Emergency Management....Pages 133-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
On-Line Nuclear Power Reactor Accident Monitoring....Pages 145-161
Decision-Support Integration-Platform for Major Emergency Management....Pages 163-175
Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Telecommunications Technology to Deliver Public Safety Warnings....Pages 177-193
Decision Support for Real-Time Management of Hazardous Operations....Pages 195-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Integrated Information Systems for Technological Risk Assessment....Pages 213-232
Environmental Decision Support System for Air Quality Risk Assessment and Innovation Investment Management in Large Industrial Complexes and Energy Production Systems....Pages 233-274
Computer Models Used to Support Cleanup Decision Making at Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Sites....Pages 275-319
Environmental Modeling Software at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling....Pages 321-360
Back Matter....Pages 371-373

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Systems Engineering for Risk Management....Pages 3-31
Computer Supported Risk Management Between Scylla and Charybdis....Pages 33-48
Designing Risk and Environmental Management Support Systems....Pages 49-59
Modeling of Human-Machine Systems A Challenge for Systems Analysis....Pages 61-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Contingency Planning Using Expert Judgment in a Group Decision Support Center Environment....Pages 79-94
GIS-Based Environmental Equity Analysis A Case Study of TRI Facilities in the Pittsburgh Area....Pages 95-114
Transportation Hazard Analysis in an Integrated GIS Environment....Pages 115-131
GIS Applications in Emergency Management....Pages 133-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
On-Line Nuclear Power Reactor Accident Monitoring....Pages 145-161
Decision-Support Integration-Platform for Major Emergency Management....Pages 163-175
Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Telecommunications Technology to Deliver Public Safety Warnings....Pages 177-193
Decision Support for Real-Time Management of Hazardous Operations....Pages 195-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Integrated Information Systems for Technological Risk Assessment....Pages 213-232
Environmental Decision Support System for Air Quality Risk Assessment and Innovation Investment Management in Large Industrial Complexes and Energy Production Systems....Pages 233-274
Computer Models Used to Support Cleanup Decision Making at Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Sites....Pages 275-319
Environmental Modeling Software at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling....Pages 321-360
Back Matter....Pages 371-373
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