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  • Environmental science and engineering
  • Risk assessment and management
  • Probability and statistics

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  • Integrated risk involves future adverse incidents from multiple hazards.
  • Assessing integrated probability risk is difficult with limited sample sizes.
  • Existing methods like weighting and copulas have limitations in small sample scenarios.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel technique for assessing integrated probability risk using small samples.
  • To construct joint probability distributions and vulnerability surfaces for integrated risk assessment.
  • To demonstrate the application of the proposed method in a real-world scenario.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the information diffusion technique.
  • Construction of joint probability distributions.
  • Creation of vulnerability surfaces for integrated risk assessment.

Main Results:

  • The information diffusion technique enables direct assessment of integrated risk from small samples.
  • The method successfully constructs joint probability distributions and vulnerability surfaces.
  • A case study on flood and earthquake risks demonstrates effective annual property loss assessment.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed information diffusion technique offers a viable solution for integrated risk assessment with limited data.
  • This approach enhances the accuracy of estimating disaster expected values.
  • The method is applicable to diverse multi-hazard scenarios, including property loss estimation.