An overview and discussion of methods for risk evaluation

Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2007, ESREL 2007 - Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1391-1398

  Jongejan, R B ^a   Jonkman, S N ^a   Vrijling, J K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES; EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL RISK CRITERIONS; RISK EVALUATIONS; SOCIETAL RISKS; TOTAL EFFECTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 56149088055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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