Application of uncertainty analysis to ecological risk of pesticides / / editors, William J. Warren-Hicks, Andy Hart

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.27/9015118
• Soggetto topico: Pesticides - Environmental aspects - Mathematical models; Ecological risk assessment; Probabilities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Warren-HicksWilliam J HartAndy <1956->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; SETAC Publications; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Workshop Participants and Contributing Authors; Chapter 1. Introduction and Objectives; Chapter 2. Problem Formulation for Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessments; Chapter 3. Issues Underlying the Selection of Distributions; Chapter 4. Monte Carlo, Bayesian Monte Carlo, and First-Order Error Analysis; Chapter 5. The Bayesian Vantage for Dealing with Uncertainty; Chapter 6. Bounding Uncertainty Analyses ; Chapter 7. Uncertainty Analysis Using Classical and Bayesian Hierarchical ModelsChapter 8. Interpreting and Communicating Risk and Uncertainty for Decision Making; Chapter 9. How to Detect and Avoid Pitfalls, Traps, and Swindles; Chapter 10. Conclusions; Glossary; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: While current methods used in ecological risk assessments for pesticides are largely deterministic, probabilistic methods that aim to quantify variability and uncertainty in exposure and effects are attracting growing interest from industries and governments. Probabilistic methods offer more realistic and meaningful estimates of risk and hence, potentially, a better basis for decision-making. Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Ecological Risks of Pesticides examines the applicability of probabilistic methods for ecological risk assessment for pesticides and explores the
• Titolo autorizzato: Application of uncertainty analysis to ecological risk of pesticides
• ISBN: 0-429-13064-3; 1-138-11481-2; 1-4398-0735-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459275803321
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