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Application of uncertainty analysis to ecological risk of pesticides / editors, William J. Warren-Hicks, Andy Hart.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pesticides--Environmental aspects--Mathematical models.
- Pesticides.
- Ecological risk assessment.
- Probabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While current methods used in ecological risk assessments for pesticides are largely deterministic, probabilistic methods that aim to quantify variability and uncertainty in exposure and effects are attracting growing interest from industries and governments. Probabilistic methods offer more realistic and meaningful estimates of risk and hence, potentially, a better basis for decision-making. Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Ecological Risks of Pesticides examines the applicability of probabilistic methods for ecological risk assessment for pesticides and explores the
- Contents:
- Front cover; SETAC Publications; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Workshop Participants and Contributing Authors; Chapter 1. Introduction and Objectives; Chapter 2. Problem Formulation for Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessments; Chapter 3. Issues Underlying the Selection of Distributions; Chapter 4. Monte Carlo, Bayesian Monte Carlo, and First-Order Error Analysis; Chapter 5. The Bayesian Vantage for Dealing with Uncertainty; Chapter 6. Bounding Uncertainty Analyses
- Chapter 7. Uncertainty Analysis Using Classical and Bayesian Hierarchical ModelsChapter 8. Interpreting and Communicating Risk and Uncertainty for Decision Making; Chapter 9. How to Detect and Avoid Pitfalls, Traps, and Swindles; Chapter 10. Conclusions; Glossary; Index; Back cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-04-020408-2
- 0-429-13064-3
- 1-138-11481-2
- 1-4398-0735-3
- 9780429130649
- OCLC:
- 652654248
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