Dynamic decision making for dam-break emergency management-Part 1: Theoretical framework

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 425-437

  Peng, M ^a,b   Zhang, Limin ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM FAILURE; DECISION MAKING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84874067426     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-425-2013     Document Type: Article

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