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# January 16, 2015: New Model Planning Algos, the Unknowable Cost of Cyber Crime
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-16-2015-new-model-planning-algos-unknowable-cost-cyber-crime/
- Published: 2015-01-16T08:03:41.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-16T08:03:41.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Software That Knows the Risks](http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/planning-algorithms-evaluate-probability-of-success-0115?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [MIT News](http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/planning-algorithms-evaluate-probability-of-success-0115?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Planning algorithms evaluate probability of success, suggest low-risk alternatives.

### [For Vulnerable Barrier Islands, A Rush to Rebuild on U.S. Coast](http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for%5Fvulnerable%5Fbarrier%5Fislands%5Fa%5Frush%5Fto%5Frebuild%5Fon%5Fus%5Fcoast/2838/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Yale Environment 360](http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for%5Fvulnerable%5Fbarrier%5Fislands%5Fa%5Frush%5Fto%5Frebuild%5Fon%5Fus%5Fcoast/2838/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Despite warnings from scientists, new construction continues on U.S. barrier islands that have been devastated by storms.

### [New Orleans Area Hurricane Levee Designs Should be Reanalyzed by 2018, Corps of Engineers Says](http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/01/new%5Forleans%5Farea%5Fhurricane%5Flev.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NOLA](http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/01/new%5Forleans%5Farea%5Fhurricane%5Flev.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Corps officials say the existing levees remain sufficient to protect from surges caused by a hurricane with a 1 percent chance of occurring in any year, the so-called 100-year storm.

### [Could Fracking Cause a Major Earthquake?](http://news.discovery.com/earth/could-fracking-cause-a-major-earthquake-150116.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Discovery News](http://news.discovery.com/earth/could-fracking-cause-a-major-earthquake-150116.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

While the fracking boom in recent years has provided an economic boost to the United States and increased its energy independence, some worry that there’s a potentially catastrophic downside.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Climate Change Economics](http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/climate-change-economics/parker-text?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [National Geographic](http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/climate-change-economics/parker-text?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Florida’s bill is coming due, as the costs of climate change add up around the globe. Adaptations will buy time, but can they save Miami?

### [Cyber-Crime and Business: Think of a Number and Double It](http://www.economist.com/news/business/21639576-businesses-would-benefit-reliable-information-cyber-crimes-costs-think-number-and?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Economist](http://www.economist.com/news/business/21639576-businesses-would-benefit-reliable-information-cyber-crimes-costs-think-number-and?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Businesses would benefit from reliable information on cyber-crime’s costs.

### [Self-Styled Transparent Quant Fund Starts Operating in Japan](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-15/self-styled-transparent-quant-fund-heads-to-japan-for-smart-beta.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-15/self-styled-transparent-quant-fund-heads-to-japan-for-smart-beta.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Acadian Asset Management has set up in Japan as the nation starts to embrace smart-beta strategies.

### [Could Insurance Chief Could Be Next High-Level Official Scott Asks to Leave?](http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/could-insurance-chief-could-be-next-high-level-official-asked-to-leave/2213847?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Tampa Bay Times](http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/could-insurance-chief-could-be-next-high-level-official-asked-to-leave/2213847?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Sources inside and outside the insurance office acknowledge McCarty is under pressure to resign, after 26 years in state.