Risk-Based Evaluation of Flood Warning and Preparedness Systems. Volume 1 - Overview.

Abstract

This report describes the nontechnical aspects of four methodologies to aid in the design and evaluation of flood warning and preparedness systems. The methodologies include: (1) integration of structural measures and flood warning and preparedness, (2) multiobjective decision tree analysis; (3) performance characteristics, and (4) selection of an optimal flood warning threshold. Each methodology is intended to demonstrate how flood warning and preparedness systems need to be evaluated as part of an integrative, holistic process as part overall system with structural measures. These methodologies must build on an understanding of the contribution of each type of measure to the objectives of minimizing cost and risk and maximizing performance. Consideration of the risk of extreme events is an essential element in the evaluation of design tradeoffs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA325950

Entities

People

  • Duan Li
  • James H. Lambert
  • Roman Krzysztofowicz
  • Vijay Tulsiani
  • Yacov Y. Haimes

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Game Theory
  • Mathematical Models
  • Normal Distribution
  • Potomac River
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Psychology
  • Random Variables
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Operations Research
  • Software Engineering.