A new perspective on how to understand, assess and manage risk and the unforeseen

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Aven, Terje ^a   Krohn, Bodil S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b The Norwegian Oil Industry Association   (Norway)

Author keywords

Black swan; Mindfulness; Quality; Risk

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

BLACK SWAN; HIGH RELIABILITY; MINDFULNESS; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; RISK APPROACHES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84883175608     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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