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Facing Modern Times: Challenges in Risk Analysis

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Integrated Risk and Vulnerability Management Assisted by Decision Support Systems

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Abstract

Risk analysts are currently faced with far-reaching changes in their professional field. The growing importance of complex systems, e.g. in telecommunication and transport, pinpoints the limitations of established risk analysis techniques in the non-nuclear industries. These techniques are identified and rated according to their major goals, modernity, level of sophistication, manageability, and contentment of users. The challenging situation in risk analysis is characterised by up-dating the “lessons learned” of ETH Zurich Polyproject on what to do when dealing with integrated regional risk assessment and safety management, finished in 1996.

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    Ralf Mock

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Mock, R. (2005). Facing Modern Times: Challenges in Risk Analysis. In: Gheorghe, A.V. (eds) Integrated Risk and Vulnerability Management Assisted by Decision Support Systems. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3721-X_8

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