Rethinking Risk Measurement and Reporting: Uncertainty, Bayesian analysis and expert judgement

Rethinking Risk Measurement and Reporting: Uncertainty, Bayesian analysis and expert judgement
ISBN-10
1906348405
ISBN-13
9781906348403
Category
Bayesian statistical decision theory
Pages
527
Language
English
Published
2010
Author
Klaus Böcker

Description

Provides a thorough and rigorous introduction to Bayesian analysis and expert judgment, before moving to more technical content focusing on including stress testing and risk aggregation. A final section is devoted to fundamentals, issues of risk management, such as the nature of risk and cognitive aspects of uncertainty.

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