Some examples of the communication of risk and uncertainty

Definitions are set down and results of analyses of communication of risk and uncertainty are presented for the fields of wildfires, earthquakes and space debris. These are all fields of some societal importance. Also there is discussion of methods of evaluating and displaying estimates of risk esti...

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Published in:Environmetrics (London, Ont.) Ont.), 2010-11, Vol.21 (7-8), p.719-727
Main Author: Brillinger, David R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earthquakes
Estimates
Risk
Seismic phenomena
simulation
Space debris
Uncertainty
Wildfires
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Summary:Definitions are set down and results of analyses of communication of risk and uncertainty are presented for the fields of wildfires, earthquakes and space debris. These are all fields of some societal importance. Also there is discussion of methods of evaluating and displaying estimates of risk estimates' uncertainty. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1180-4009
1099-095X
1099-095X
DOI:10.1002/env.1040