Measuring uncertainty importance: Investigation and comparison of alternative approaches

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1349-1361

  Borgonovo, Emanuele ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global sensitivity analysis; Importance measures; Probabilistic risk assessment; Uncertainty analysis; Uncertainty importance measures

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY IMPORTANCE MEASURES;

DECISION MAKING; SAFETY FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

FOOD SAFETY; HURRICANE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SAFETY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 33750172875     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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