DocumentCode
3449503
Title
Using a fuzzy method to study a small sample problem of natural disaster risk assessment
Author
Chongfu, Huang
Author_Institution
Dept. of Resources & Environ. Sci., Beijing Normal Univ., China
fYear
1996
fDate
11-14 Dec 1996
Firstpage
435
Lastpage
440
Abstract
A basic problem in natural disaster management is that disastrous samples are too small to be used for risk assessment using pure probabilistic methods. In this paper, the information diffusion method relevant to fuzzy information analysis is introduced for processing small samples. A reliable probability distribution can be formulated directly from incomplete fuzzy information of the small sample. An example is discussed. Results show that this method is effective for natural disaster risk assessment
Keywords
disasters; fuzzy set theory; probability; risk management; uncertainty handling; disaster management; fuzzy information analysis; fuzzy method; incomplete fuzzy information; information diffusion method; natural disaster risk assessment; probabilistic methods; probability distribution; small sample problem; Databases; Earthquakes; Floods; Frequency estimation; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy sets; Fuzzy systems; Information analysis; Risk analysis; Risk management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fuzzy Systems Symposium, 1996. Soft Computing in Intelligent Systems and Information Processing., Proceedings of the 1996 Asian
Conference_Location
Kenting
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3687-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AFSS.1996.583655
Filename
583655
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