Principles of risk analysis : decision making under uncertainty /

Preface I did not want to write this book. I wanted to buy it. Risk analysis is mature enough that it needs a principles text. There are many wonderful books available on the subject of risk. In fact, for years, in the training I have done, I used to schlep a dozen of them around for students to per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yoe, Charles E, Yoe, Charles E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2012
Boca Raton, Fla. : 2012
Series:Food science and technology (CRC Press)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The basics
  • 2. Uncertainty
  • 3. Risk management
  • 4. Risk assessment
  • 5. Risk communication
  • 6. Problem identification for risk management
  • 7. Brainstorming
  • 8. Opportunity costs and trade-offs
  • 9. Qualitative risk assessment
  • 10. The art and practice of risk assessment modeling
  • 11. Probability review
  • 12. Choosing a probability distribution
  • 13. Probability elicitation
  • 14. Monte Carlo process
  • 15. Probabilistic scenario analysis
  • 16. Sensitivity analysis
  • 17. Presenting and using assessment results
  • 18. Message development