Preferences, utility and risk perception in engineering decision making

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 813-827

  Maes, Marc A ^a,c   Faber, Michael H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Civil Engineering ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Consequence modelling; Decision making; Design decisions; Life cycle utility; Preference modelling; Preferences; Risk aversion; Risk perception; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548103901     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.014661     Document Type: Article

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