The risk concept-historical and recent development trends

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-44

  Aven, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development trends; Historical perspective; Risk concept; Semantic analysis

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ISSUES; DEVELOPMENT PATH; DEVELOPMENT TRENDS; EXPECTED VALUES; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RISK DEFINITION; SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; WAYS OF THINKING;

RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 83455229511     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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