A contingency model of decision-making involving risk of accidental loss

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 807-812

  Rosness, Ragnar ^a  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accidents; Contingency model; Decision support; Decision making; Risk

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MANAGEMENTS; CONTINGENCY MODEL; DECISION AIDSS; DECISION MODES; DECISION SUPPORT; DISTRIBUTED DECISION MAKINGS; LOCAL OPTIMIZATIONS; NORMALIZATION OF DEVIANCES; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS; TWO DIMENSIONS;

ACCIDENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT RELATED PHENOMENA; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MANAGEMENT STYLE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 63749129972     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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