Statistical Analysis of Natural Disasters and Related Losses /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
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Table of Contents:
- The statistical methods of disaster analysis
- The heavy-tail distributions and their properties
- The contribution of maximum effect to the total, summarized effect under different distributions
- The stable approach to the risk assessment: estimation of quantiles of maximum effect
- Non-stationary natural processes, the "operational time" method
- The comparative study of disaster statistics for various natural disasters
- Earthquakes (energy, ground acceleration)
- Floods, hurricanes (victims, overall economic losses, insured losses)
- Tornadoes (victims, overall economic losses, insured losses).