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Technological hazards to environmental systems and human health are a growing problem for industrialized societies. The increasing size and complexity of activities involving hazardous substances requires higher emphasis on risk assessment. To minimize this risk, various types of information from different sources are needed quickly for further processing, inducting the use of advanced information technology. People in government and industry, responsible for planning, managing, and regulating hazardous operations and substances need tools that bring to bear the best available science and information. The availability of affordable computers, as well as new technologies such as expert systems, interactive modeling, and high resolution, dynamic computer graphics now make it possible to build powerful, accessible, and easy to use information and decision support systems for risk assessment and risk communication.
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Fedra, K., Weigkricht, E. (1995). Integrated Information Systems for Technological Risk Assessment. In: Beroggi, G.E.G., Wallace, W.A. (eds) Computer Supported Risk Management. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0245-2_13
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