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  title info:
    title: Misconceptions of risk
  name:
    name part: Aven, Terje.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  table of contents: Risk is equal to the expected value -- Risk is a probability or probability distribution -- Risk equals a probability distribution quantile (value-at-risk) -- Risk equals uncertainty -- Risk is equal to an event -- Risk equals expected disutility -- Risk is restricted to the case of objective probabilities -- Risk is the same as risk perception -- Risk relates to negative consequences only -- Risk is determined by the historical data -- Risk assessments produce an objective risk picture -- There are large inherent uncertainties in risk analyses -- Model uncertainty should be quantified -- It is meaningful and useful to distinguish between stochastic and epistemic uncertainties -- Bayesian analysis is based on the use of probability models and Bayesian updating -- Sensitivity analysis is a type of uncertainty analysis -- The main objective of risk management is risk reduction -- Decision-making under uncertainty should be based on science (analysis) -- The precautionary principle and risk management cannot be meaningfully integrated -- Conclusions.
  note: Terje Aven.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Risk assessment
    topic: Statistical methods
  subject:
    topic: Risk management
    topic: Statistical methods
  classification: HD61 .A9376 2010
  classification: 658.15/5
  identifier: 9780470683880 (cloth)
  identifier: 0470683880 (cloth)
  identifier: 2009052137
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 100105
    record change date: 20151201114457.0
    record identifier: in00002507206