Accounting for model error in risk assessments: Alternatives to adopting a bias towards conservative risk estimates in decision models

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1074-1086

  Gaganis, Petros ^a   Smith, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Chernobyl; Conceptual error; Decision model; Model calibration; Model error; Risk assessment; Strontium 90 migration

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

APPLIED (CO); BAYESIAN MODELLING; DECISION MODELING; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; MODEL ERRORS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; PRIPYAT RIVER; UKRAINE;

EID: 46849112033     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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