Integrating technical analysis and public values in risk-based decision making

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-159

  Bohnenblust, Hans ^a   Slovic, Paul ^b  

^a Ernst Basler + Partner AG   (Switzerland)

^b DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY;

PUBLIC VALUES; RISK BASED DECISION MAKING; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS;

RISKS;

EID: 0031599083     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00136-1     Document Type: Article

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