Statistical Analysis of Natural Disasters and Related Losses

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Pisarenko, V.F (Συγγραφέας), Rodkin, M.V (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Statistics.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.

The study of disaster statistics and disaster occurrence is a complicated interdisciplinary field involving the interplay of new theoretical findings from several scientific fields like mathematics, physics, and computer science. Statistical studies on the mode of occurrence of natural disasters lar...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The statistical methods of disaster analysis
• The heavy-tail distributions and their properties
• The contribution of maximum effect to the total, summarized effect under different distributions
• The stable approach to the risk assessment: estimation of quantiles of maximum effect
• Non-stationary natural processes, the “operational time” method
• The comparative study of disaster statistics for various natural disasters
• Earthquakes (energy, ground acceleration)
• Floods, hurricanes (victims, overall economic losses, insured losses)
• Tornadoes (victims, overall economic losses, insured losses).