A real-world application of Monte Carlo procedure for debris flow risk assessment

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 967-977

  Calvo, B ^a   Savi, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flow risk assessment; Monte Carlo analysis; Vulnerability function

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; ANNUAL PROBABILITIES; DEBRIS FLOW HAZARDS; DEBRIS FLOW RISK ASSESSMENT; FLOOD WAVES; HAZARDOUS AREAS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; INPUT VARIABLES; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO PROCEDURES; OUTPUT VARIABLES; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS; RISK MAPS; SNOW AVALANCHES; TOTAL FORCES; VULNERABILITY FUNCTION;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DEBRIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEBRIS FLOW; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALTELLINA;

EID: 67349137086     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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