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Tools for making acute risk decisions with chemical process safety applications.

The complexity of today's risk decisions is well known. Beyond cost and risk there are many other factors contributing to these decisions, including type of risk (such as human injury or fatality), the economic impact on the local community, profitability, availability of capital, alternatives...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, ©1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The complexity of today's risk decisions is well known. Beyond cost and risk there are many other factors contributing to these decisions, including type of risk (such as human injury or fatality), the economic impact on the local community, profitability, availability of capital, alternatives for reducing or eliminating the risk, costs of implementing alternatives, codes, standards, regulation, and good industry practice. This book presents a large range of decision aids for risk analysts and decision makers in industry so that vital decisions can be made in a more consistent, logical, and ri.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 472 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-464) and index.
ISBN:1591245990
9781591245995
9780470938164
0470938161