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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2012
Print publication year:
1990
Online ISBN:
9780511840609
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511840609
Subjects:
Psychology, Cognition, Management: General Interest, Management
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Book description

The authors explain the ways in which uncertainty is an important factor in the problems of risk and policy analysis. This book outlines the source and nature of uncertainty, discusses techniques for obtaining and using expert judgment, and reviews a variety of simple and advanced methods for analyzing uncertainty.

Reviews

‘This book is a significant contribution to the exploration of the basic issues and constitutes an important addition to the technical literature addressing uncertainty.’

Joseph Fragola Source: IEEE Spectrum

‘Uncertainty is a risk analysis textbook … written to serve as a basic text for students as well as a reference work for practitioners and researchers (it) succeeds both in providing an excellent basis for policy analysis and in drawing upon a variety of case studies that will be of interest to risk researchers.’

Source: Journal of Economic Literature

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