Risk averse decision making under catastrophic risk

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 166-176

  Grechuk, Bogdan ^a   Zabarankin, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic risk; Decision making; Nuclear power plant; Risk aversion; Safety first principle

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RANDOM VARIABLES;

CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CATASTROPHIC RISKS; NON-ZERO PROBABILITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PROJECT; PREFERENCE RELATION; RISK AVERSION; SAFETY FIRSTS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84903393817     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.04.042     Document Type: Article

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