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A hurricane power outage prediction model

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Channel: Michigan Engineering · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Hurricanes can cause massive damage. Researchers at the University of Michigan wanted to predict potential blackouts on a large scale, and they have developed a model to forecast potential hurricane-related power outages. https://www.citylab.com/environment/2017/09/more-than-26-million-could-have-power-outages-from-irma/539301/
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This project is led by Seth Guikema, Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan  
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Read a related paper: 
“Improving the Predictive Accuracy of Hurricane Power Outage Forecasts Using Generalized Additive Models”, Risk Analysis (2009). 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01280.x

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