How to define and interpret a probability in a risk and safety setting

Safety Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 223-231

  Aven, Terje ^a   Reniers, Genserik ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Betting interpretation; Risk assessment; Safety; Subjective probabilities; Uncertainty standard

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84865435840     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.06.005     Document Type: Note

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