Foundational issues in relation to national risk assessment methodologies

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 348-358

  Veland, Henning ^a   Amundrud, Øystein ^a   Aven, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

National risk assessment; Probability; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED VALUES; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEMATIC ISSUES; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; UNCERTAINTY;

PROBABILITY; RISKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84883363005     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748006X12472870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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