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How emergency managers (mis?)interpret forecasts
dc.contributor.authorWernstedt, Kris
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Patrick S.
dc.contributor.authorArvai, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorRedmond, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-15T20:24:20Z
dc.date.available2020-03-03T21:29:35Zen
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.identifier.citationWernstedt, Kris; Roberts, Patrick S.; Arvai, Joseph; Redmond, Kelly (2019). "How emergency managers (mis?)interpret forecasts." Disasters 43(1): 88-109.
dc.identifier.issn0361-3666
dc.identifier.issn1467-7717
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/146849
dc.publisherWiley
dc.subject.otheruncertainty
dc.subject.othercognitive
dc.subject.otherdecision‐making
dc.subject.otheremergency management
dc.subject.otherrisk
dc.titleHow emergency managers (mis?)interpret forecasts
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomics
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusiness and Economics
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146849/1/disa12293.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/disa.12293
dc.identifier.sourceDisasters
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