Risk Assessment : Theory, Methods, and Applications

by Rausand, Marvin

• ISBN13: 9780470637647
• ISBN10: 0470637641
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-23
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Although numerous scientific articles have been published discussing various aspects of risk analysis and risk evaluation, very few textbooks exist on the subject. Risk Assessment: Theory, Methods, and Applications provides undergraduate and graduate students, practitioners, and researchers with a relevant and modern guide to current applications of risk analysis. Three succinct sections discuss the key theory, methods, and applications of risk assessment. All methods for risk analysis are outlined in a uniform fashion: an introduction; objectives and application; qualitative and quantitative description; required resources required; and related advantages and disadvantages.

Author Biography

Marvin Rausand is Professor in the Department of Production and Quality Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has published extensively in his areas of research interest, which include system reliability theory, risk analysis, maintenance optimization, and probabilistic modeling. Professor Rausand is the author of System Reliability Theory: Models, Statistical Methods, and Applications, Second Edition (Wiley).

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction to Risk Assessment.

1. Introduction.

2. The Words of Risk Analysis.

3. Hazards and Threats.

4. How to Measures and Evaluate Risk?

5. Risk Management.

6. Accidents Models.

7. Data for Risk Analysis.

Part II. Risk Assessment Methods and Applications.

8. Risk Assessment Process.

9. Hazard Identification.

10. Causal and Frequency Analysis.

11. Development of Accident Scenarios.

12. Barriers and Barrier Analysis.

13. Human Reliability Analysis.

14. Job Safety Analysis.

15. Common Cause Failures.

16. Uncertainty and Sensitivity.

17. Development and Applications of Risk Assessment.

Part III. Appendices.

Elements of Probability Theory.

Acronyms.

Glossary.

References.