Risk Modeling, Assessment, and Management
Published on 23. September 1998
Book
Hardback
744 pages
978-0-471-24005-1 (ISBN)
Description
Public interest in the field of risk analysis has grown and expanded during the past decade. Risk analysis has emerged as an effective and comprehensive procedure that supplements and complements the overall management of almost all aspects of our lives. It is used in such diverse areas as health care, the environment, physical infrastructure systems, engineering, business and many more.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
1134 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-24005-1 (9780471240051)
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Yacov Y. Haimes
Risk Modeling, Assessment, and Management
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Person
YACOV Y. HAIMES, PhD, PE, has taught risk analysis for more than 25 years. He is the Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Systems Engineering and Civil Engineering and the founding Director (1987) of the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems at the University of Virginia. Extensively involved in research and consulting work for government and industry, he is the author of numerous books, including Hierarchical Multiobjective Analysis of Large-Scale Systems.
Content
Partial table of contents:; FUNDAMENTALS OF RISK MODELING, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGEMENT; The Role of Modeling in the Risk Assessment Process; Decision Analysis; Multiobjective Trade-Off Analysis; Defining Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis; ADVANCES IN RISK MODELING, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGEMENT; Multiobjective Decision-Tree Analysis; Miltiobjective Risk-Impact Analysis Method; Statistic of Extremes: Extension of the PMRM; Fault Trees; Multiobjective Statistical Method; Software Risk Management; Appendix; Index.