Risk modeling, assessment, and management / Yacov Y. Haimes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haimes, Yacov Y.

Series:

Wiley series in systems engineering and management.

Wiley series in systems engineering and management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Risk assessment.

Technology.

Technology--Risk assessment--Case studies.

Risk management.

Risk management--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (861 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Risk Modeling, Assessment and Management, Second Edition, describes the state of the art of risk analysis, a rapidly growing field with important applications in engineering, science, manufacturing, business, management, and public policy. Unlike any other text on the subject, this definitive work integrates the art and science of risk analysis.

Contents:

RISK MODELING, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGEMENT; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Art and Science of Systems and Risk Analysis; 2. The Role of Modeling in the Risk Analysis Process; 3. Identifying Risk Through Hierarchical Holographic Modeling; 4. Decision Analysis; 5. Multiobjective Trade-Off Analysis; 6. Defining Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis; 7. Risk Filtering, Ranking, and Management; 8. Risk of Extreme Events and the Fallacy of Expected Value; 9. Multiobjective Decision-Tree Analysis; 10. Multiobjective Risk Impact Analysis Method

11. Statistics of Extremes: Extension of the PMRM12. Bayesian Analysis and the Prediction of Chemical Carcinogenicity; 13. Fault Trees; 14. Multiobjective Statistical Method; 15. Principles and Guidelines for Project Risk Management; 16. Applying Risk Analysis to Space Missions; 17. Risk Modeling, Assessment, and Management of Terrorism; 18. Case Studies; Appendix: Optimization Techniques; A.1 Introduction to Modeling and Optimization; A.2 Classical Unconstrained

Notes:

"Wiley-Interscience publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610273348

9781280273346

1280273348

9780471723899

0471723894

9780471723905

0471723908

OCLC:

122900765