We developed a methodology to evaluate the efficacy of fuel treatments by estimating their costs and potential costs/losses with and without treatments in the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest, California. This district is a typical southern California forest complex containing a large amount of high-valued real estate. We chose four sites to represent different ...

A version of this paper was presented at the Third International Partners in Flight Conference, March 20-24, 2002, Asilomar Conference Grounds, California. U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, Science Center, 2150 Centre Ave., Bldg C, Fort Collins, CO 80526. E-mail: tasha_kotliar@ usgs.gov. U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 1648 South 7th Avenue, MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT 597...

Subway transportation is one of the most prevalent urban methods globally. Millions people around globe use this medium as their mode daily. However, subway stations may be highly prone to fire, smoke, or explosion accidents. The safety using demands a robust and practical framework assess fire hazards risks. This study provides methodology risk at station. integrates fault tree analysis (FTA) ...

This paper discusses a planner-based approach to automating data production tasks, such as producing fire forecasts from satellite imagery and weather station data. Since the set of available data products is large, dynamic and mostly unknown, planning techniques developed for closed worlds are unsuitable. We discuss a number of techniques we have developed to cope with data production domains,...