Risk assessment tools, techniques, and their applications /

"All the tools needed to perform a thorough risk assessment-whether you're working in insurance, forensics, engineering, or public safetyRisk analysis is the method of analyzing the dangers to individuals, businesses, and government agencies posed by potential natural and man-made hazards....

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Main Author: Ostrom, Lee T.,
Other Authors: Wilhelmsen, Cheryl A., 1953-, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2012.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Ebook Central (EBC)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Risk Assessment
  • Risk Perception
  • Risks and Consequences
  • Ecological Risk Assessment
  • Task Analysis Techniques
  • Preliminary Hazards Analysis
  • Primer on Probability and Statistics
  • Developing Probabilities
  • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis 10. Human Reliability Analyses
  • Critical Incident Technique
  • Event Tree and Decision Tree Analysis
  • Critical Function Analysis
  • Basic Fault Tree Analysis Technique
  • Probabilistic Risk Assessment
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods Used in Risk Assessment
  • Vulnerability Analysis Technique
  • Developing Risk Model for Aviation Inspection and Maintenance Tasks
  • Risk Assessment and Community Planning
  • Risk of an Epidemic
  • Process Plant Risk Assessment Example
  • Industry Specific Case Studies
  • Restaurant Risk Assessment Case Study.