
Scenario Logic and Probabilistic Management of Risk in Business and Engineering
Hardcover | 12 December 2008 | Edition Number 2
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The book proposes a uniform logic and probabilistic (LP) approach to risk estimation and analysis in engineering and economics. It covers the methodological and theoretical basis of risk management at the design, test, and operation stages of economic, banking, and engineering systems with groups of incompatible events (GIE).
Key features of this Second Edition:
-Five new chapters
-Treatment of the basic principles of the modern risk LP theory (the LP-calculus, the LP-methods and the risk LP-theory with GIE) using uniform methodology and terminology with a practical orientation towards both engineering and economics, for the first time in book form
-Clear definitions and notations, revised sections and chapters, an extended list of references, and a new subject index
-More than a hundred illustrations and tables which motivate the presentation
Specialists in risk management in economics, banking and business, as well as graduates and post-graduates in economics and engineering, will benefit from this book.
Industry Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition:
"The book proposes a uniform logic and probabilistic (LP) approach to risk estimation and analysis in engineering and economics. It covers the methodological and theoretical basis of risk management ... . the book is intended for experts in the field of risk management in business, technical, economic and organisational systems at the stages of design, test, debug and operation. Students, postgraduate students and teachers in economics and engineering fields may also benefit from this book." (Vangelis Grigoroudis, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1156, 2009)
ISBN: 9780387779454
ISBN-10: 0387779450
Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications
Published: 12th December 2008
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 480
Audience: College, Tertiary and University
Publisher: Springer Nature B.V.
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 2
Edition Type: Revised
Dimensions (cm): 23.39 x 15.6 x 2.69
Weight (kg): 0.79
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