Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 716 g
A Guide to Dealing with Uncertainty in Quantitative Risk and Policy Analysis
Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 716 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-36542-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The authors explain the ways in which uncertainty is an important factor in the problems of risk and policy analysis. This book outlines the source and nature of uncertainty, discusses techniques for obtaining and using expert judgment, and reviews a variety of simple and advanced methods for analyzing uncertainty.
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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Recent milestones; 3. An overview of quantitative policy analysis; 4. The nature and sources of uncertainty; 5. Probability distributions and statistical estimation; 6. Human judgement about and with uncertainty; 7. Performing probability assessment; 8. The propagation and analysis of uncertainty; 9. The graphic communication of uncertainty; 10. Analytica: a software tool for uncertainty analysis; 11. Large and complex models; 12. The value of knowing how little you know; Index.
