This position paper presents a short literature review of a research trend that endeavors to model collaboration by quantifying each group member’s contribution. In such a view, equity is considered as the ideal collaborative situation. We review some foundational elements of this approach, some methodological aspects and examples of design implications for Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. ...

Traditionally, the pricing of terrorism risk has been discovered from the balance of supply and demand in the insurance market, rather than evaluated from actuarial principles. Risk selection through the use of site security surveys has helped reduce the number of inferior risks, and systematic portfolio risk aggregation has limited the Probable Maximum Loss from any attack scenario. With such ...

Quantitative assessment is the most important means to identify hazard potential and manage risk for an industrial process. The implement of quantitative assessment in the early stage will help to develop inherently safer process, eliminating the hazard and reduce the possibility of accidental chain events and the magnitude of consequences. In this paper, after reviewing the presently available...