Tools for making acute risk decisions with chemical process safety applications.

The complexity of today's risk decisions is well known. Beyond cost and risk there are many other factors contributing to these decisions, including type of risk (such as human injury or fatality), the economic impact on the local community, profitability, availability of capital, alternatives...

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Corporate Author American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, ©1995.
Subjects
Chemical plants > Risk assessment.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1591245990
9781591245995
9780470938164
0470938161
0816905576
9780816905577
9780470938171
047093817X
Physical Description1 online resource (xxiv, 472 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Tools for Making Acute Risk Decisions: with Chemical Process Safety Applications; CONTENTS; Preface; Acronyms; Glossary; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. KEY CONCEPTS; 3. CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF RECOGNIZED DECISION AIDS; 4. EVALUATING AND SELECTING DECISION AIDS; 5. INTRODUCTION TO CASE STUDIES; 6. VOTING METHODS; 7. WEIGHTED SCORING METHODS; 8. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; 9. MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; 10. PAYOFF MATRIX ANALYSIS; 11. DECISION ANALYSIS; 12. MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY ANALYSIS; 13. REVIEW OF CASE STUDIES; 14. IMPLEMENTING IMPROVEMENTS IN RISK DECISION MAKING; 15. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

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