Artificial neural networks for risk decision support in natural hazards: A case study of assessing the probability of house survival from bushfires

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-199

  Chen, Keping ^a   Jacobson, Carol ^a   Blong, Russell ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

artificial neutral networks; bushfire; linguistic terms; natural hazards; risk decision making

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONS; HAZARDS; HOUSES; LINGUISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTIFICIAL NEUTRAL NETWORK; BUSHFIRE; LINGUISTIC TERMS; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK DECISION MAKING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUSHFIRE; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 9644254205     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENMO.0000049389.16864.b0     Document Type: Article

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