Title: A multicriteria risk measure in a military context: application to the Commander's Advisory System for Airspace Protection case

Authors: Sarah Ben Amor; Jean-Marc Martel; Adel Guitouni

Addresses: Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada ' FSA, Université Laval, Canada ' Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada

Abstract: The risk management reference manual to be addressed to the Canadian Forces describes a process where the main aspects of risk analysis are considered, i.e., the assessment and mitigation of risk. A multicriteria approach is proposed in an attempt to integrate an operational procedure of risk assessment into the Canadian Forces planning process. This approach is based on the identification of indicators and risk-related influence factors. The resulting procedure was applied to a real case, that of the Commander's Advisory System for Airspace Protection (CASAP) decision support system.

Keywords: uncertain data; MCDA; imperfect information; risk assessment; multicriteria decision analysis; risk measures; military planning; airspace protection; risk management; Canada; risk assessment; Canadian Forces; CASAP; decision support systems; DSS.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2016.077401

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 2016 Vol.19 No.3, pp.194 - 213

Received: 03 Feb 2015
Accepted: 28 Jul 2015
Published online: 29 Jun 2016 *

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