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Title: Decision Making in the Mountain Environment: Date: 2004; Authors: Iain Stewart-Patterson; Description: Mountain guides are making decisions on a continual basis. Some of them are as seemingly simple as â€œWhich boots should I wear todayâ€? Som...; Object ID: issw-2004-535-544.pdf; Keywords: decision making, training, coaching, assessment; View additional details about Decision Making in the Mountain Environment

Title: Avalanche Statistical Survey: Date: 2004; Authors: Gary Brill; Description: Recent work has demonstrated what has long been known; that avalanche incidents have as much to do with human factors as with the other parts of the ...; Object ID: issw-2004-711.pdf; Keywords: avalanche education, decision making, avalanche triangle, avalanche accidents; View additional details about Avalanche Statistical Survey

Title: Evidence of Heuristic Traps in Recreational Avalanche Accidents: Date: 2002; Authors: Ian McCammon; Description: Even though people are capable of making decisions in a thorough and methodical way, it appears that most of the time they don't. A growing body of re...; Object ID: issw-2002-244-251.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche education, decision making, heuristics, human factors; View additional details about Evidence of Heuristic Traps in Recreational Avalanche Accidents

Title: The Role of Training in Recreational Avalanche Accidents in the United States: Date: 2000; Authors: Ian McCammon; Description: Avalanche education has become widely available in the United States, and yet trained recreationists continue to comprise over a third of avalanche vi...; Object ID: issw-2000-037-045.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche education, human factors, decision making, heuristics, risk homeostasis, risk reduction, behavioral education, naturalistic decision making; View additional details about The Role of Training in Recreational Avalanche Accidents in the United States

Title: Human Factors in Avalanche Accidents: Date: 2000; Authors: Dale Atkins; Description: A review of fatal United States avalanche accidents in the 1990s shows terrain, weather, and snow pack conditions are generally contributory factors t...; Object ID: issw-2000-046-051.pdf; Keywords: human factors, human errors, avalanche fatalities, avalanche accidents, naturalistic decision making; View additional details about Human Factors in Avalanche Accidents

Title: Two Expert Systems to Forecast the Avalanche Hazard for a Given Region: Date: 1994; Authors: Jurg Schweizer, Paul M.B. Fohn; Description: A commercially available software, CYBERTEK-COGENSYSâ„¢ Judgment Processor for inductive decision-making, was ;used to develop two different exper...; Object ID: issw-1994-295-309.pdf; Keywords: hazard, snow cover, decision making, snow profiles,; View additional details about Two Expert Systems to Forecast the Avalanche Hazard for a Given Region

Title: Computer Graphics Applications in Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 1992; Authors: Roger Atkins; Description: Several applications of computer-generated graphics for use in avalanche forecasting are presented. These applications include computer graphics curre...; Object ID: issw-1992-116-125.pdf; Keywords: snow cone, decision making, forecasting; View additional details about Computer Graphics Applications in Avalanche Forecasting

Title: The Political Dilemma of Avalanche Hazard Zoning; A Comparative Analysis of Four Sierra Nevada Counties: Date: 1992; Authors: Dick Penniman; Description: From ground level observations of local weather patterns, topographic features and vegetation, avalanche paths can be reliably identified and return p...; Object ID: issw-1992-236-245.pdf; Keywords: avalanche paths, runout, decision making; View additional details about The Political Dilemma of Avalanche Hazard Zoning; A Comparative Analysis of Four Sierra Nevada Counties