Assessing fire risk using Monte Carlo simulations of fire spread

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 370-377

  Carmel, Yohay ^a   Paz, Shlomit ^b   Jahashan, Faris ^a   Shoshany, Maxim ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; Fire management; Fire risk; Fire spread model; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DISASTERS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; FIREPROOFING; FORESTRY; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; LOCATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PLANNING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VEGETATION;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE RISK; FIRE SPREAD MODEL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

FIRES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; MOUNT CARMEL;

EID: 56449101146     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.039     Document Type: Article

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