20% chance of rain : exploring the concept of risk / / Richard B. Jones
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| Autore: |
Jones Richard B (Richard Bradley), <1947->
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| Titolo: |
20% chance of rain : exploring the concept of risk / / Richard B. Jones
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 302/.12 |
| Soggetto topico: | Risk assessment |
| Classificazione: | TEC009000 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 20% Chance of Rain Exploring the Concept of Risk; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Risk: Life's Question Mark; Chapter 2: Measurement: The Alchemist's Base; Chapter 3: Statistics: Numbers Looking for an Argument; Chapter 4: The Value of Life and Limb, Statistically Speaking; Chapter 5: The Evolution of Risk; Chapter 6: Frequency and Severity: Weighing the Risk; Chapter 7: What's in a Risk? Perception Creates Risk Reality; Chapter 8: Risk, Regulation, and Reason; Chapter 9: Earth, Air, and Water: The Not-So-Bare Essentials; Chapter 10: Food . . . for Thought |
| Chapter 11: Flying: The Not-So-Wild Blue YonderChapter 12: Risk on the Roads; Chapter 13: An Incomplete List of Life's Risks; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "There are plenty of books on specialized risk topics but few that deal with the broad diversity and daily applicability of this subject. Risk applications require a robust knowledge of many attributes of this seemingly simple subject. This book teaches the reader through examples and case studies the fundamental (and subtle) aspects of risk - regardless of the specific situation. The text allows the reader to understand the concept of risk analysis while not getting too involved in the mathematics; in this method the reader can apply these techniques across a wide range of situations.The second edition includes new examples from NASA and several other industries as well as new case studies from legal databases. The many real-life discussion topics enable the reader to form an understanding of the concepts of risk and risk management and apply them to day-to-day issues"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | 20% chance of rain |
| ISBN: | 1-283-29474-5 |
| 9786613294746 | |
| 1-118-11636-4 | |
| 1-118-11637-2 | |
| 1-118-11634-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812939303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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