RiskWare: Technological and Environmental Risk Analysis
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Technological and environmental risk analysis
is a major application domain for
model-based decision support systems.
RiskWare supports three major application domains
in a common, fully integrated environment with shared data bases:
- risk assessment
- risk management
- technical training
The RiskWare management information system
is designed to support implementation of
risk management regulations such as the
Seveso II Directive (96/82/EC)
of the European Union and related national legislation.
The RiskWare system combines data bases (hazardous installations,
safety reports, hazardous substances MSDS, etc.)
with an environmental GIS and a number of dynamic assessment models
for the simulation and evaluation
of accident scenarios.
All tools can be embedded in RTXPS,
a real-time expert system framework for command and control tasks,
that provides operational guidance for emergency management
based on context sensitive, intelligent instruction manuals
expressed in the systems KnowledgeBase.
A modular object oriented design, client-server implemenation,
interactive and dynamic analysis
with state-of-the-art simulation models,
extensive artificial intelligence features, multi-media formats,
and support for Internet access to risk information are
main features of the system.
RiskWare is an integrated risk management information and decision-support system
available both in stand-alone workstation implementations and as a distributed,
web-based client-server system integrating high-preformance cluster
computing for real-time performance; RiskWare
integrates the results of a series of international RTD projects:
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CENVIS
the third generation risk management information system
for the Netherlands, national scope; |
A-TEAM
Advanced Technical training for Emergency Assessment and Management,
an IST RTD Project funded by the European Commission; |
DCAG
Chemical Process Industry: Plant level accident scenarios
for Ammmonia release: Donauchemie AG, Pischelsdorf, Lower Austria |
HITERM
High-Performance Computing and Networking for technological
risk assessment and management, an Esprit HPCN DSS Project; |
NIR
risk assessment for Non-Ionizing Radiation,
a case study of Liguria, Italy; |
XENVIS
A technological risk assessment information system
for the Netherlands; |
GRIBS
An information system for chemical, biological, and nuclear
hazards for the City of Basel, Switzerland; |
SIGRIC
SIstema di Gestione RIschio Chimico, an
implementation for the province of Pisa, Italy. |
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Hazardous Chemicals, MSDS:
a part of the industry oriented EMIS
environmental management information system for industrial estates
and RiskWare, a data base of hazardous chemical provides the physico-chemical and
toxicological data for various risk simulation models, EIA, and EMAS/ISO 14001 assessment.
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Industrial Waste Streams:
another component of RiskWare and the industry oriented EMIS
a data base of industrial waste streams (based on the US RCRA model) provides the physico-chemical and
toxicological data for various risk simulation models, EIA, and EMAS/ISO 14001 assessment,
as well as inputs for a waste treatment optimization module.
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