Recommendations on the use and design of risk matrices

Safety Science

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-31

  Duijm, Nijs Jan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk management; Risk matrix

Indexed keywords

RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

CONTINUOUS SCALE; MAJOR HAZARDS; MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; RISK ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; RISK MATRIX; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; HAZARD; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK MATRIX; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84924567598     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.02.014     Document Type: Review

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