Some limitations of frequency as a component of risk: An expository note

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Cox Jr , Louis Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency; Renewal process; Risk definition; Stochastic ordering

Indexed keywords

DESIGN LIVES; FREQUENCY; MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES; MEAN TIME TO FAILURES; POINT PROCESS; RENEWAL PROCESS; RISK DEFINITION; STOCHASTIC ORDERING;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISKS; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; STUDENT;

PROBABILITY; PROCESS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORY;

ACCIDENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58849110377     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01096.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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