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.