Risk Reduction as the Product of Model Assessed Reliability, Confidence, and Consequence

The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 191-207

  Logan, Roger W ^a   Nitta, Cynthia K ^a   Chidester, Steven K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

BCR; benefit cost ratio; confidence; reliability; risk; V V; validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993683748     PISSN: 15485129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154851290500200403     Document Type: Article

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