The potential for the use of model fusion techniques in building and developing catastrophe models

Royse, K.R.; Hilier, J.K.; Hughes, A.; Kingdon, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4979-588X; Singh, A.; Wang, L.. 2017 The potential for the use of model fusion techniques in building and developing catastrophe models. In: Riddick, A.T.; Kessler, H.; Giles, J.R.A., (eds.) Integrated environmental modelling to solve real world problems : methods vision and challenges. London, UK, Geological Society of London, 89-99. (Geological Society of London Special Publication, 408, 408).

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Global economic losses related to natural hazards are large and increasing, peaking at US$380 billion in 2011 driven by earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand and flooding in Thailand. Catastrophe models are stochastic event-set based computer models, first created 25 years ago, that are now vital to risk assessment within the insurance and reinsurance industry. They estimate likely losses from extreme events, whether natural or man-made. Most catastrophe models limit the level of user interaction, stereotyped as ‘black boxes’. In this paper we investigate how model fusion techniques could be used to develop ‘plug and play’ catastrophe models and discuss the impact of open access modelling on the insurance industry and other stakeholders (e.g. local government)

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1144/SP408.7
ISSN:	0305-8719
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences Computer Science Data and Information
Date made live:	06 Jul 2016 10:49 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513549

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