Risk Assessment: Tools, Techniques, and Their Applications
- ISBN-10
- 1119483379
- ISBN-13
- 9781119483373
- Series
- Risk Assessment
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 592
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-07-09
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Lee T. Ostrom, Cheryl A. Wilhelmsen
Description
Guides the reader through a risk assessment and shows them the proper tools to be used at the various steps in the process This brand new edition of one of the most authoritative books on risk assessment adds ten new chapters to its pages to keep readers up to date with the changes in the types of risk that individuals, businesses, and governments are being exposed to today. It leads readers through a risk assessment and shows them the proper tools to be used at various steps in the process. The book also provides readers with a toolbox of techniques that can be used to aid them in analyzing conceptual designs, completed designs, procedures, and operational risk. Risk Assessment: Tools, Techniques, and Their Applications, Second Edition includes expanded case studies and real life examples; coverage on risk assessment software like SAPPHIRE and RAVEN; and end-of-chapter questions for students. Chapters progress from the concept of risk, through the simple risk assessment techniques, and into the more complex techniques. In addition to discussing the techniques, this book presents them in a form that the readers can readily adapt to their particular situation. Each chapter, where applicable, presents the technique discussed in that chapter and demonstrates how it is used. Expands on case studies and real world examples, so that the reader can see complete examples that demonstrate how each of the techniques can be used in analyzing a range of scenarios Includes 10 new chapters, including Bayesian and Monte Carlo Analyses; Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Analysis; Threat Assessment Techniques; Cyber Risk Assessment; High Risk Technologies; Enterprise Risk Management Techniques Adds end-of-chapter questions for students, and provides a solutions manual for academic adopters Acts as a practical toolkit that can accompany the practitioner as they perform a risk assessment and allows the reader to identify the right assessment for their situation Presents risk assessment techniques in a form that the readers can readily adapt to their particular situation Risk Assessment: Tools, Techniques, and Their Applications, Second Edition is an important book for professionals that make risk-based decisions for their companies in various industries, including the insurance industry, loss control, forensics, all domains of safety, engineering and technical fields, management science, and decision analysis. It is also an excellent standalone textbook for a risk assessment or a risk management course.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2021-12-13
- 480 pages
- Ebook
- John Wiley & Sons
-
- 2019-07-09
- 592 pages
- Ebook
- John Wiley & Sons
Similar books
-
Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment
By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyAdvancing Risk Assessment National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and ... U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease ...
-
Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process
By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Commission on Life SciencesThis volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with different administrative arrangements for risk assessment, and evaluates various proposals to modify ...
-
Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment
By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Commission on Life SciencesBoca Raton, Ann Arbor, and Boston: CRC Press. p. 93-117. ... Blair, A.; Stewart, P.; O'Berg, M.; Gaffey, W.; Walrath, J.; Ward, J.; Bales, R.; Baplan, S.; Cubit, D. (1986) Mortality among industrial workers exposed to formaldehyde.
-
Risk Assessment Methods: Approaches for Assessing Health and Environmental Risks
By V.T. Covello, M.W. MerkhoherThere are already many books on risk assessment-the trouble is that they all seem to be about different sUbjects! This book takes another approach.
-
Information Security Risk Assessment Toolkit: Practical Assessments Through Data Collection and Data Analysis
By Jason Martin, Mark TalabisThis is the true value and purpose of information security risk assessments.
-
A Practical Guide to Toxicology and Human Health Risk Assessment
By Laura RobinsonResearch by James Wilson in 1959 proposed the “principles of teratology,” which were standardized when presented to scientific audiences in 1977. These principles are still widely used today and are summarized in Table 7.4.4.
-
The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments, Second Edition
By Douglas LandollDesigned for security professionals and their customers who want a more in-depth understanding of the risk assessment process, this volume contains real-wor
-
Air Toxics and Risk Assessment
By Edward J. Calabrese, Elaina KenyonAll chemicals are analyzed with a scientifically sound methodology-outlined in the book-to assess public health risk associated with exposure to air toxics.
-
Quantitative Risk Assessment: The Scientific Platform
By Terje AvenThis book builds a unifying scientific framework for discussing and evaluating the quality of risk assessments and whether they are fit for purpose. Uncertainty is a central topic.
-
The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments
By Douglas Landoll, Douglas J. LandollAsset Protection and Security Management Handbook POA Publishing ISBN: 0-8493-1603-0 Building a Global Information Assurance Program Raymond J. Curts and Douglas E. Campbell ISBN: 0-8493-1368-6 Building an Information Security Awareness ...