Application of a regional hurricane wind risk forecasting model for wood-frame houses

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-58

  Jain, Vineet Kumar ^a   Davidson, Rachel Ann ^b  

^a AIR Worldwide Corporation   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic loss; Forecast; Hurricane; North Carolina; Wind

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC LOSS; HURRICANE WIND RISKS; MITIGATION PLANNING; POPULATION GROWTH;

HURRICANES;

BUILDING CODE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BUILDING MATERIAL; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FORECASTING; HOUSING; HURRICANE; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WIND; WOOD;

DISASTER PLANNING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NATURAL DISASTERS; NORTH CAROLINA; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; WIND; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947156651     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00858.x     Document Type: Review

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