Main Title |
Acceptable risk / |
Author |
Fischhoff, Baruch
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Cambridge University Press, |
Year Published |
1981 |
Report Number |
81009957 |
OCLC Number |
07577958 |
ISBN |
0521241642; 9780521241649 |
Subjects |
Risk ;
Risk management--Decision making ;
Probability ;
Risicoanalyse ;
Besluitvorming ;
Gestion du risque ;
Risque--Sociologie ;
Risikoanalyse
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Additional Subjects |
Risk ;
Risk management--Decision making
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAM |
HD61.A24 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
01/01/1988 |
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Collation |
xv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-182) and index. |
Contents Notes |
List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- How safe is safe enough? -- Definition of the acceptable-risk problem -- Acceptable risk as a decision problem -- Overview -- Summary -- Why is it so hard to resolve acceptable-risk problems? -- Five generic complexities -- Uncertainty about problem definition -- Difficulties in assessing the facts -- Difficulties in assessing values -- Uncertainties about the human element Difficulties in assessing decision quality -- Track record -- Summary -- Choosing an approach to acceptable risk: a metadecision problem -- Types of approaches -- Seven criteria for evaluating the acceptability of approaches to acceptable risk -- Summary -- Professional judgment -- How do professionals determine acceptable risk? -- Generic problems -- How adequate is professional judgment for resolving acceptable-risk questions? -- Summary -- Bootstrapping -- Methods of bootstrapping -- Generic problems -- How adequate are bootstrapping methods for resolving acceptable-risk questions? -- Summary -- Formal analysis -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Decision analysis -- Variants of cost-benefit analysis -- Decision analysis -- Generic problems -- How adequate are analytic techniques for resolving acceptable-risk problems? -- Summary -- Comparison of approaches -- Global ratings -- Choosing an approach -- Summary -- What have we learned? -- General conclusions about acceptable-risk decisions -- Summary -- Recommendations for improving acceptable-risk decision making -- Recommendations for the technical community -- Recommendations for public involvement -- Recommendations for the marketplace -- Recommendations for government -- Summary -- What do we need to learn? -- Research to reduce uncertainty about problem definition -- Research to reduce uncertainty about the facts -- Research to reduce uncertainty about values -- Research to reduce uncertainty about the human element -- Research to reduce uncertainty about decision quality -- An experimenting academe -- An experimenting society -- References -- Additional readings -- Index. |
Place Published |
Cambridge ; New York |
PUB Date Free Form |
1981 |
BIB Level |
m |
Document Type |
BC |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
81009957 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20150206095313 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
04623cam 2200745 a 45020 |