Quantitative Risk Assessment: The Scientific Platform
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780521760577
ISBN-10: 0521760577
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 35 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 180 x 255 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0521760577
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 35 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 180 x 255 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Preface; 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 approach to risk assessments; 9. Conclusions; Appendix A. Introduction to probability theory and statistical analysis; Appendix B. Terminology; References; Index.
Recenzii
'… a timely topic, and a very interesting book … It is very detailed and academically rigorous …' Charles K. Davis, Reviews.com
'The book provides a scientific framework apt to evaluate the quality of risk assessments and in particular their flexibility to specifically required purposes … The book gives useful tools for graduate students and researchers as well for professionals.' Zentralblatt MATH
'The book provides a scientific framework apt to evaluate the quality of risk assessments and in particular their flexibility to specifically required purposes … The book gives useful tools for graduate students and researchers as well for professionals.' Zentralblatt MATH
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Descriere
Enables readers to improve risk assessments and how they use them, by grounding their practice on scientific principles.