DOI 10.1007/s11166-006-0175-8 Analyzing disaster risks and plans: An avian flu example

Abstract Narrative approaches to analyzing risks seek to identify the variables critical to creating and controlling a risk, then to instantiate them in terms of coherent themes (e.g., organizational failure, strategic surprise). Computational approaches to analyzing risks seek to identify the same...

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Main Authors: Baruch Fischhoff, Wändi Bruine Bruin, Ümit Güvenç, Denise Caruso, Larry Brilliant, C Springer, Science Business Media, B. Fischhoff, W. Bruine, Bruin Ü. Güvenç, D. Caruso, L. Brilliant
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
I1
O21 Avian
Avian flu
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.365.6825
http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/sds/docs/fischhoff/JRU-disaster risks.pdf
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Summary:Abstract Narrative approaches to analyzing risks seek to identify the variables critical to creating and controlling a risk, then to instantiate them in terms of coherent themes (e.g., organizational failure, strategic surprise). Computational approaches to analyzing risks seek to identify the same critical variables, then to instantiate them in terms of their probability. Disaster risk analysis faces complex, novel processes that strain the capabilities of both approaches. We propose an approach that integrates elements of each, relying on what we call structured scenarios and computable models. It is illustrated by framing the analysis of plans for a possible avian flu pandemic.

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