Incorporating uncertainty of distribution parameters due to sampling errors in flood-damage-reduction project evaluation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1680-1692

  Su, Hsin Ting ^a   Tung, Yeou Koung ^a  

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

Author keywords

epistemic uncertainty; expected opportunity loss; flood damage reduction project evaluation; risk based decision

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLOOD DAMAGE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; MITIGATION PROJECTS; PROJECT EVALUATION; QUALITY OF INFORMATION; QUANTILE ESTIMATION; RISK BASED DECISION MAKING; RISK-BASED DECISIONS;

ERRORS;

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD DAMAGE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STANDARD (REGULATION); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876710152     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20116     Document Type: Article

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