On how to define, understand and describe risk

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 623-631

  Aven, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decision making; Probability; Probability of frequency approach; Risk; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; FREQUENCY APPROACH; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; MARKET PRICE; OFFSHORE OPERATIONS; RISK DEFINITION; RISK PERSPECTIVE; SECOND ORDERS;

DECISION MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 77949654989     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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