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"Quantitative risk assessments cannot eliminate risk, nor can they resolve trade-offs. They can, however, guide principled risk management and reduction - if the quality of assessment is high and decision makers understand how to use it. This book builds a unifying scientific framework for disc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aven, Terje
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Probabilities.
Risk assessment > Statistical methods.
Decision making > Statistical methods.
Probabilités.
Évaluation du risque > Méthodes statistiques.
Prise de décision > Méthodes statistiques.
probability.
MATHEMATICS > Probability & Statistics > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to risk management and risk assessments. Challenges
  • Concepts and perspectives on risk
  • Science and scientific requirements
  • Introduction to case studies
  • Risk assessment when the objective is accurate risk estimation
  • Risk assessment when the objective is uncertainty descriptions
  • Risk management and communication issues
  • Towards a holistic approach to risk assessments
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Introduction to probability theory and statistical analysis
  • Appendix B. Terminology.

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