Dynamic resource allocation in disaster response: tradeoffs in wildfire suppression.

Challenges associated with the allocation of limited resources to mitigate the impact of natural disasters inspire fundamentally new theoretical questions for dynamic decision making in coupled human and natural systems. Wildfires are one of several types of disaster phenomena, including oil spills...

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Main Authors: Nada Petrovic, David L Alderson, Jean M Carlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3326015?pdf=render