Risk Picture: Definitions and Characteristics

Jan -Erik Vinnem ()
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Jan -Erik Vinnem: University of Stavanger

Chapter Chapter 2 in Offshore Risk Assessment vol 1, 2014, pp 23-69 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents the definitions of risk, the various elements of risk, and how to present the various dimensions of risk. Uncertainties are discussed based on a Bayesian perspective, and finally are some basic modelling concepts introduced, such as defence in depth, barriers, root causes and Risk Influencing Factors.

Keywords: Risk Aversion; Fatal Accident; Occupational Accident; Fatality Risk; Major Accident (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-5207-1_2

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