Risk management and the precautionary principle: A fuzzy logic model

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 901-911

  Cameron, Enrico ^a   Peloso, Gian Francesco ^b  

^a GEOSTUDIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Precautionary principle; Risk management

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

FUZZY LOGIC MODEL; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK REDUCTION;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; MODEL; PREVENTION; PROTECTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 27644445714     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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