A rational decision rule with extreme events

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1721-1728

  Basili, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Choquet integral; Extreme events; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; PROBABILITY;

CHOQUET INTEGRAL; EXTREME EVENTS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISASTERS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; THINKING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33845654946     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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