Three environmental probabilistic risk problems

Statistical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 412-421

  Brillinger, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe modelling; Disasters; Earthquakes; Floods; Insurance; Natural disasters; Natural hazards; Risk assessment; Risk theory; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542542765     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1081443225     Document Type: Article

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