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Uncertainty in Risk Assessment The Representation and Treatment of Uncertainties by Probabilistic and Non-Probabilistic Methods

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

10.02.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

208

Maße (L/B/H)

23,1/15,5/2 cm

Gewicht

408 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-48958-1

Beschreibung

Rezension

"Therefore, I would recommend this book to a broad audience, from advanced undergraduates, to specialists, including probability theoreticians." ( Computing Reviews , 16 July 2014)

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

10.02.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

208

Maße (L/B/H)

23,1/15,5/2 cm

Gewicht

408 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-48958-1

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Uncertainty in Risk Assessment
  • Preface ix
     
    PART I INTRODUCTION 1
     
    1 Introduction 3
     
    1.1 Risk 4
     
    1.1.1 The concept of risk 4
     
    1.1.2 Describing/measuring risk 6
     
    1.1.3 Examples 6
     
    1.2 Probabilistic risk assessment 8
     
    1.3 Use of risk assessment: The risk management and decision-making context 11
     
    1.4 Treatment of uncertainties in risk assessments 13
     
    1.5 Challenges: Discussion 15
     
    1.5.1 Examples 16
     
    1.5.2 Alternatives to the probability-based approaches to risk and uncertainty assessment 17
     
    1.5.3 The way ahead 19
     
    References - Part I 21
     
    PART II METHODS 27
     
    2 Probabilistic approaches for treating uncertainty 29
     
    2.1 Classical probabilities 30
     
    2.2 Frequentist probabilities 31
     
    2.3 Subjective probabilities 35
     
    2.3.1 Betting interpretation 36
     
    2.3.2 Reference to a standard for uncertainty 36
     
    2.4 The Bayesian subjective probability framework 37
     
    2.5 Logical probabilities 39
     
    3 Imprecise probabilities for treating uncertainty 41
     
    4 Possibility theory for treating uncertainty 45
     
    4.1 Basics of possibility theory 45
     
    4.2 Approaches for constructing possibility distributions 49
     
    4.2.1 Building possibility distributions from nested probability intervals 49
     
    4.2.2 Justification for using the triangular possibility distribution 51
     
    4.2.3 Building possibility distributions using Chebyshev's inequality 52
     
    5 Evidence theory for treating uncertainty 53
     
    6 Methods of uncertainty propagation 59
     
    6.1 Level 1 uncertainty propagation setting 61
     
    6.1.1 Level 1 purely probabilistic framework 62
     
    6.1.2 Level 1 purely possibilistic framework 64
     
    6.1.3 Level 1 hybrid probabilistic-possibilistic framework 67
     
    6.2 Level 2 uncertainty propagation setting 71
     
    6.2.1 Level 2 purely probabilistic framework 73
     
    6.2.2 Level 2 hybrid probabilistic-evidence theory framework 75
     
    7 Discussion 79
     
    7.1 Probabilistic analysis 80
     
    7.2 Lower and upper probabilities 82
     
    7.3 Non-probabilistic representations with interpretations other than lower and upper probabilities 84
     
    7.4 Hybrid representations of uncertainty 85
     
    7.5 Semi-quantitative approaches 87
     
    References - Part II 93
     
    PART III PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 99
     
    8 Uncertainty representation and propagation in structural reliability analysis 101
     
    8.1 Structural reliability analysis 101
     
    8.1.1 A model of crack propagation under cyclic fatigue 101
     
    8.2 Case study 102
     
    8.3 Uncertainty representation 104
     
    8.4 Uncertainty propagation 105
     
    8.5 Results 107
     
    8.6 Comparison to a purely probabilistic method 107
     
    9 Uncertainty representation and propagation in maintenance performance assessment 111
     
    9.1 Maintenance performance assessment 111
     
    9.2 Case study 113
     
    9.3 Uncertainty representation 116
     
    9.4 Uncertainty propagation 118
     
    9.4.1 Maintenance performance assessment in the case of no epistemic uncertainty on the parameters 118
     
    9.4.2 Application of the hybrid probabilistic-theory of evidence uncertainty propagation method 122
     
    9.5 Results 123
     
    10 Uncertainty representation and propagation in event tree analysis 127
     
    10.1 Event tree analysis 127
     
    10.2 Case study 128
     
    10.3 Uncertainty representation 134
     
    10.4 Uncertainty propagation 135
     
    10.5 Results 137
     
    10.6 Comparison of the results to those obtained by using other uncertainty repr