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Quantitative Risk Assessment : the Scientific Platform.

Enables readers to improve risk assessments and how they use them, by grounding their practice on scientific principles.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aven, Terje
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to risk management and risk assessments. Challenges; 2 Concepts and perspectives on risk; 3 Science and scientific requirements; 4 Introduction to case studies; 5 Risk assessment when the objective is accurate risk estimation; 6 Risk assessment when the objective is uncertainty descriptions; 7 Risk management and communication issues; 8 Towards a holistic scientific approach to risk assessment; 9 Conclusions; Appendix A: Introduction to probability theory and statistical analysis; Appendix B: Terminology.