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Showing 1 to 20 of 194 for “"Risk Mitigation"”.
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Supply chain risk mitigation
… economic stability and security. As a result, risk analysis and mitigation has now grown to become one of the key links to business stabilization. To ensure business continuity, it is necessary to identify key assets (physical and operational) within the supply chain and secure them against …
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Risk mitigation models for a Japanese railroad
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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Privacy Risk Mitigation Strategies for Drone Package Delivery
… this business model results in a privacy risk: Third-party observers may use broadcast drone trajectories to link customers to the vendors from which they order, with a wide range of potential consequences. We propose a probabilistic definition of privacy risk based on the likelihood of …
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Risk Mitigation in the West Coast Commercial Fishing Fleet
Physical and financial risk are inherently part of the commercial fishing industry. Working in rough seas for long hours with heavy equipment is notoriously hazardous and harvesters face some of the highest fatal and non-fatal occupational injury rates. Harvesters also face some of the highest …
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Food Allergy Risk Mitigation in Texas Independent School Districts
… regarding food allergies can reduce individual risk in children. Texas Independent School Districts (ISDs) may follow a combination of several criteria regarding preventing and mitigating negative health impacts due to food allergies in schools, including Centers for Disease Control and …
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Risk mitigation of pipeline assets through improved corrosion modeling
… with countermeasures in order to mitigate the risk. The ability to predict where atmospheric corrosion will cause leaks will allow for a better allocation of resources in mitigating the risk caused by corrosion. First a corrosion simulation model was developed to predict the number of leaks in …
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Staple Crop Diversity and Risk Mitigation - Potatoes in Bolivia
… producers are located in the "high climatic risk" (CIP-WPA) Andean highlands. Farmers in LFAs surrounding Cochabamba city produce (among other things) potatoes for market and home consumption; the potato is the main source of food and income for most residents. Previous studies and anecdotal …
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Essays on Risk Mitigation Methods in Global Supply Chain Management
<p>In this dissertation, we study risk mitigation methods in the area of global supply chain management. Recent economic uncertainties such as the U.S. credit and the Greek debt crises, and natural disasters such as the Japanese tsunami create a greater amount of uncertainty and risk for global …
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E-Commerce Supply Chain Risk Mitigation and Online Sales Performance
… relationship between a retailer's commitment to risk mitigation through adoption of web features and functionalities and its impact on online sales performance. While previous research has examined the impact of various retail service offerings on online sales performance, this study takes a …
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Optimization of retrofit decisions as risk mitigation strategies for infrastructure
… of the prominent strategies for infrastructure mitigation planning in reducing vulnerability to hazards. A retrofit action is the application of advanced devices or materials to enhance structural performance. There are three common considerations in the decision-making process of implementing …
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Exploration and Production Risk Mitigation for Geothermal Adoption in the Energy Transition
… skills and expertise. Nevertheless, the risks involved at multiple stages of the field lifecycle remain a hurdle to adoption of geothermal. In this thesis, risk-mitigation strategies for geothermal target two phases of the lifecycle: exploration and production. The first strategy uses a …
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Risk Mitigation for Low Latitude Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) Precision Approach Operations
… lay a foundation for development of operational mitigations. The research may be applicable to all commercial aircraft conducting GBAS operations in low latitude regions around the world, approximately± 20° of the magnetic equator.</p>
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Earthquake risk mitigation of hospital facilities: a case study of Vancouver General Hospital
… whether hospitals located in high seismic risk areas such as Vancouver can respond as post-disaster facilities in the aftermath of a major earthquake. Earthquake experience in California during the 1971 San Fernando and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquakes in particular demonstrate that …
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Low-income homeownership for intergenerational mobility - the role of intermediaries in risk mitigation
… & Lindblad, 2014). However, the complexities of risk-based pricing in mortgage markets, entrenched space and social stratification in city regions, remnants of historical disadvantage for marginalized racial groups, and the inherent risks of poverty make it difficult for low-income and minority …
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On-Orbit Pointing Risk Mitigation for the Agile MicroSat (AMS) CubeSat Laser Guidestar Payload
… on-orbit scanning procedure to reduce mission risk due to a static pointing error and if necessary, recover and recharacterize the orientation of the laser beam relative to the spacecraft body. Within the limits of the attitude determination and control system (ADCS), our search mode can …
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Regional earthquake loss estimation : role of transportation network, sensitivity and uncertainty, and risk mitigation
… quantify uncertainty on the losses through loss risk curves including contributions from seismicity, attenuation, fragilities, etc. and (3) assess the effectiveness of alternative mitigation strategies. The loss assessment methodology includes spatial interactions (through the transportation …
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Integrating Groundwater Conservation and Risk Mitigation under Uncertainty: Strategies for Sustainable Aquifers and Agriculture
… groundwater conservation policies with financial risk management strategies can simultaneously achieve aquifer sustainability and maintain economic stability for farmers. The research specifically focuses on the Sheridan-6 Local Enhanced Management Area (LEMA) in Kansas, U.S.A, an innovative …
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Seismic risk mitigation of "special risk" process plants through enhanced concepts and subplant hybrid simulation
This doctoral thesis focuses on the seismic risk mitigation of â special riskâ industrial facilities, like chemical, petrochemical and process industries. It is known that the impact of natural hazards, such as earthquakes, on this type of structures may cause significant accidents leading to …
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Mapping the landscape of wildfire risk mitigation: understanding the links between equity, community assets, capacities, and collaboration
… on forest health and composition, increasing the risk of large, high-severity wildfires. Many communities are grappling with this increased risk, as more people move into the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and climate change exacerbates hot, dry conditions that may help wildfires spread. Actions …
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