Decision Aid Models for Disaster Management and Emergencies
Editors: Vitoriano, Begoña, Montero de Juan, Javier, Ruan, Da (Eds.)
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- Contains various decisions analysis theories and support tools in complex systems in general and in disaster management in particular
- Includes disaster management approaches for both natural and technological disasters
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Disaster management is a process or strategy that is implemented when any type of catastrophic event takes place. The process may be initiated when anything threatens to disrupt normal operations or puts the lives of human beings at risk. Governments on all levels as well as many businesses create some sort of disaster plan that make it possible to overcome the catastrophe and return to normal function as quickly as possible. Response to natural disasters (e.g., floods, earthquakes) or technological disaster (e.g., nuclear, chemical) is an extreme complex process that involves severe time pressure, various uncertainties, high non-linearity and many stakeholders. Disaster management often requires several autonomous agencies to collaboratively mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover from heterogeneous and dynamic sets of hazards to society. Almost all disasters involve high degrees of novelty to deal with most unexpected various uncertainties and dynamic time pressures. Existing studies and approaches within disaster management have mainly been focused on some specific type of disasters with certain agency oriented. There is a lack of a general framework to deal with similarities and synergies among different disasters by taking their specific features into account. This book provides with various decisions analysis theories and support tools in complex systems in general and in disaster management in particular. The book is also generated during a long-term preparation of a European project proposal among most leading experts in the areas related to the book title. Chapters are evaluated based on quality and originality in theory and methodology, application oriented, relevance to the title of the book.
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On the Use of Information in Humanitarian Operations
Pages 1-15
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Decision Aid Models and Systems for Humanitarian Logistics. A Survey
Pages 17-44
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Uncertainty in Humanitarian Logistics for Disaster Management. A Review
Pages 45-74
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Fuzzy Inference Systems for Disaster Response
Pages 75-94
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Security Based Operation in Container Line Supply Chain: a Literature Review
Pages 95-115
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Decision Aid Models for Disaster Management and Emergencies
- Editors
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- Begoña Vitoriano
- Javier Montero de Juan
- Da Ruan
- Series Title
- Atlantis Computational Intelligence Systems
- Series Volume
- 7
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Atlantis Press
- Copyright Holder
- Atlantis Press
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-91216-74-9
- DOI
- 10.2991/978-94-91216-74-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-91216-73-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-6239-045-4
- Series ISSN
- 1875-7650
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 325
- Topics