Uncertainties in risk analysis: Six levels of treatment

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 95-111

  Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY;

RISK ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030286892     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(96)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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