LEADER 05212nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910139722203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-119-94578-X 010 $a1-283-44633-2 010 $a9786613446336 010 $a1-119-94548-8 010 $a1-119-94547-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000079784 035 $a(EBL)847490 035 $a(OCoLC)774279000 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000590494 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369494 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000590494 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10671638 035 $a(PQKB)10297468 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC847490 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL847490 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10529296 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL344633 035 $a(OCoLC)785777895 035 $a(PPN)175833702 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000079784 100 $a20111024d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFoundations of risk analysis$b[electronic resource] /$fTerje Aven 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cWiley$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-119-96697-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFOUNDATIONS OF RISK ANALYSIS; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The importance of risk and uncertainty assessments; 1.2 The need to develop a proper risk analysis framework; Bibliographic notes; 2 Common thinking about risk and risk analysis; 2.1 Accident risk; 2.1.1 Accident statistics; 2.1.2 Risk analysis; 2.1.3 Reliability analysis; 2.2 Economic risk; 2.2.1 General definitions of economic risk in business and project management; 2.2.2 A cost risk analysis; 2.2.3 Finance and portfolio theory 327 $a2.2.4 Treatment of risk in project discounted cash flow analysis2.3 Discussion and conclusions; 2.3.1 The classical approach; 2.3.2 The Bayesian paradigm; 2.3.3 Economic risk and rational decision-making; 2.3.4 Other perspectives and applications; 2.3.5 Conclusions; Bibliographic notes; 3 How to think about risk and risk analysis; 3.1 Basic ideas and principles; 3.1.1 Background knowledge; 3.1.2 Models and simplifications in probability considerations; 3.1.3 Observable quantities; 3.2 Economic risk; 3.2.1 A simple cost risk example; 3.2.2 Production risk; 3.2.3 Business and project management 327 $a3.2.4 Investing money in a stock market3.2.5 Discounted cash flow analysis; 3.3 Accident risk; 3.4 Discussion; Bibliographic notes; 4 How to assess uncertainties and specify probabilities; 4.1 What is a good probability assignment?; 4.1.1 Criteria for evaluating probabilities; 4.1.2 Heuristics and biases; 4.1.3 Evaluation of the assessors; 4.1.4 Standardization and consensus; 4.2 Modeling; 4.2.1 Examples of models; 4.2.2 Discussion; 4.3 Assessing uncertainty of Y; 4.3.1 Assignments based on classical statistical methods; 4.3.2 Analyst judgments using all sources of information 327 $a4.3.3 Formal expert elicitation4.3.4 Bayesian analysis; 4.4 Uncertainty assessments of a vector X; 4.4.1 Cost risk; 4.4.2 Production risk; 4.4.3 Reliability analysis; 4.5 Discussion; 4.5.1 Risk analysis and science; 4.5.2 Probability and utility; 4.5.3 Probability and knowledge; 4.5.4 Probability models; 4.5.5 Firm and vague probabilities; 4.5.6 The need for seeing beyond probabilities; 4.5.7 Interval (imprecise) probabilities; 4.5.8 Example of interval (imprecise) probabilities in a risk analysis setting; 4.5.9 Possibility theory 327 $a4.5.10 Example of interval (imprecise) probabilities in a risk analysis context using possibility theory4.5.11 Final comments; Bibliographic notes; 5 How to use risk analysis to support decision-making; 5.1 What is a good decision?; 5.1.1 Features of a decision-making model; 5.1.2 Decision-support tools; 5.1.3 Discussion; 5.2 Some examples; 5.2.1 Accident risk; 5.2.2 Scrap in place or complete removal of plant; 5.2.3 Production system; 5.2.4 Reliability target; 5.2.5 Health risk; 5.2.6 Warranties; 5.2.7 Offshore development project; 5.2.8 Risk assessment: National sector 327 $a5.2.9 Multi-attribute utility example 330 $aFoundations of Risk Analysis presents the issues core to risk analysis - understanding what risk means, expressing risk, building risk models, addressing uncertainty, and applying probability models to real problems. The author provides the readers with the knowledge and basic thinking they require to successfully manage risk and uncertainty to support decision making. This updated edition reflects recent developments on risk and uncertainty concepts, representations and treatment. New material in Foundations of Risk Analysis includes: An up to 606 $aRisk assessment$xStatistical methods 615 0$aRisk assessment$xStatistical methods. 676 $a519.5 700 $aAven$b T$g(Terje)$0878124 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139722203321 996 $aFoundations of risk analysis$91977960 997 $aUNINA