Prescribed Fire 1. Appropriate objectives for the agency in the context of this decision relate to costs. In particular, they would like to minimize the cost of disposing of the material, and they would like to minimize the cost of containing fires that go out of control. The latter could include damages if a fire escapes. 2. Many influence-diagram representations are possible. Here is one popular alternative: Fre behavior Burn or YUM & Burn High cost Med cost Burn Low cost High cost Med cost YUM & Burn Low cost Escape To pass the clarity test, the costs must be precisely defined. Also, fire behavior must be defined. For example, it would be necessary to distinguish between and escaped fire and a fire that develops problems that can be brought under control. Treatment cost Success Problenis Escape Success Problems Total cost 0-0 Problem cost Total cost of containment Total cost | | || |
