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MORE-A Multi-Objective Ranking Environment for Risk Assessment

by Richard N. Palmer, Univ of Washington, Seattle, United States,
Linda L. Holden, Univ of Washington, Seattle, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Water Resources Planning and Management and Urban Water Resources

Abstract:

This paper explores the development of a computerized decision support system for ranking risks due to environmental concerns. The paper begins with a brief history a comparative risk project that was performed in Region 10 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The problems encountered by EPA that are typical of any comparative risk analysis are identified. A DSS developed by the authors is then described and its application to comparative risk is illustrated.

Subject Headings: Risk management | Comparative studies | Ratings | Federal government | Environmental Protection Agency | Decision support systems | Computing in civil engineering

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