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Risk analysis : a quantitative guide / David Vose

By: Publication details: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2008Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 735 p. : ill. ; 26 cmContent type:
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  • 9780470512845 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0470512849 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA298
Contents:
Why do a risk analysis? -- Planning a risk analysis -- The quality of a risk analysis -- Choice of model structure -- Understanding and using the results of a risk analysis -- Probability mathematics and simulation -- Building and running a model -- Some basic random processes -- Data and statistics -- Fitting distributions to data -- Sums of random variables -- Forecasting with uncertainty -- Modelling correlation and dependencies -- Eliciting from expert opinion -- Testing and modelling causal relationships -- Optimisation in risk analysis -- Checking and validating a model -- Discounted cashflow modelling -- Project risk analysis -- Insurance and finance risk analysis modelling -- Microbial food safety risk assessment -- Animal import risk assessment.
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Book - General M. Kamal Hassan Library M. Kamal Hassan Library General Collection Open Shelf QA298 V965R 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00011196073
Book - General M. Kamal Hassan Library M. Kamal Hassan Library General Collection Open Shelf QA298V965R 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00011109750

Includes bibliographical references (p. 725-728) and index.

Why do a risk analysis? -- Planning a risk analysis -- The quality of a risk analysis -- Choice of model structure -- Understanding and using the results of a risk analysis -- Probability mathematics and simulation -- Building and running a model -- Some basic random processes -- Data and statistics -- Fitting distributions to data -- Sums of random variables -- Forecasting with uncertainty -- Modelling correlation and dependencies -- Eliciting from expert opinion -- Testing and modelling causal relationships -- Optimisation in risk analysis -- Checking and validating a model -- Discounted cashflow modelling -- Project risk analysis -- Insurance and finance risk analysis modelling -- Microbial food safety risk assessment -- Animal import risk assessment.

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