Probabilistic life cycle analysis model for evaluating electric power infrastructure risk mitigation investments

Climatic Change

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-55

  Francis, Royce A ^a   Falconi, Stefanie M ^b   Nateghi, Roshanak ^b   Guikema, Seth D ^b,c  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; DECISION MODELS; ELECTRIC POWER INFRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; GEOCLIMATIC FACTOR; HURRICANE FREQUENCY; INPUT-OUTPUT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY; POWER LINES; PROJECT CYCLE; RISK MITIGATION; SIMULATION MODEL; STORM SURGES; WETLAND RESTORATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT TESTING; HARDENING; HURRICANES; INVESTMENTS; RESTORATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LINE; PROBABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; WETLAND;

EID: 79953739210     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-0001-9     Document Type: Article

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