System approach to management of catastrophic risks

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 452-460

  Ermoliev, Yuri M ^a   Ermolieva, Tatiana Y ^a   MacDonald, Gordon J ^a   Norkin, Vladimir I ^b   Amendola, Aniello ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b V M GLUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF CYBERNETICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CATASTROPHIC RISKS; RISK SPREADING MECHANISMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0033895073     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00246-5     Document Type: Article

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