Globally, coastal communities experience flood hazards that are projected to worsen from
climate change and sea level rise. The 100-year floodplain or record flood are commonly …

In this work, we introduce a formalism to highlight the role of decision‐making implicit in the
setup of early warning systems (EWSs) and its consequences with respect to loss avoidance …

Decision analysis (DA) is an explicitly prescriptive discipline that separates beliefs about
uncertainties from value preferences in modeling to support decision making. Researchers …

We consider a logistics planning problem of prepositioning relief commodities in preparation
for an impending hurricane landfall. We model the problem as a multi-period network flow …

General Eisenhower's decisions to postpone and, one day later, to launch the “D-Day”
invasion of Normandy are a gripping illustration of sequential decisions under uncertainty …

Noting the frequency of tropical storm hazards and related disasters within the Caribbean,
this paper initially highlights the relatively short average period of 'storm awareness timing'in …

In an increasingly competitive environment, defense organizations are met with more difficult
decisions than in years past. This problem is especially apparent in security cooperation …

The article discusses the importance of flood insurance for managing financial risks,
highlighting that flood damage is not limited to coastal or high-risk areas. It explains that …

During the 2019 peak hurricane season, two gliders operated by Texas A&M University
(TAMU) and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and funded by Shell Exploration & …