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Statistical Analysis of Natural Disasters and Related Losses
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Colección: | SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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).