We analyze two aspects of the theory of financial risk management for natural disasters such as earthquakes. First, we use the theory of Poisson processes to construct a model of an earthquake. We then use this model to provide an index of the monetary damage from an earthquake with aftershocks. Sec
Risk, natural disasters, and complex system theory
โ Scribed by John L. Casti
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1076-2787
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