Bier, Vicki M.

Zhuang, J., and V.M. Bier, "Balancing Terrorism and Natural Disasters—Defensive Strategy with Endogenous Attacker Effort," Operations Research 55(5): 976-991, 2007.
Dighe, N., J. Zhuang, and V.M. Bier, "Secrecy in Defensive Allocations as a Strategy for Achieving More Cost-effective Attacker Deterrence," accepted for publication in International Journal of Performability Engineering, special issue on System Survivability and Defense against External Impacts.
Bier, V. M., "Game-Theoretic and Reliability Methods in Counter-Terrorism and Security," Modern Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Series on Quality, Reliability and Engineering Statistics, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2005.
Carayon, P., S. Kraemer, and V. Bier, "Human Factors Issues in Computer and E-business Security." Handbook of Integrated Risk Management for E-Business: Measuring, Modeling and Managing Risk (A. Labbi, editor), J. Ross Publishing, 2005.
Bier, V. M., A. Nagaraj, and V. Abhichandani, "Optimal Allocation of Resources for Defense of Simple Series and Parallel Systems from Determined Adversaries," Reliability Engineering and System Safety 87:313-323, 2005.
Phimister, J. R., V. M. Bier, and H. C. Kunreuther (editors), Accident Precursor Analysis and Management: Reducing Technological Risk through Diligence, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2004.
Bier, V.M., "On the State of the Art: Risk Communication to the Public," Reliability Engineering and System Safety 71:139-150, 2001.
Bier, V.M., "Challenges to the Acceptance of Probabilistic Risk Analysis," Risk Analysis 19:703-710, 1999.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

Fellow, Society for Risk Analysis
Best Presentation Award, Operations and Power Division, American Nuclear Society, 2001
Outstanding Service Award, Society for Risk Analysis, 2000
Outstanding Service Award, Society for Risk Analysis, 2000
Women's Achievement Award, American Nuclear Society, 1993

Summary

Professor Bier is a risk analyst and decision analyst specializing in probabilistic risk analysis for homeland security and critical infrastructure protection. Her current research interests include the application of game theory to identify optimal resource allocation strategies for protecting critical infrastructure from intentional attacks. Other interests include: the use of accident "precursors" or near misses in probabilistic risk analysis; the use of expert opinion; and methods for effective risk communication, both to decision makers and to the general public.

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