Facts and values in risk assessment

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-40

  Cross, Frank B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK PERCEPTION;

PROBABILISTIC RISK MEASURES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031599474     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00116-6     Document Type: Article

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