Risk Assessment (eBook)

Theory, Methods, and Applications

Marvin Rausand (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
664 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-118-28110-9 (ISBN)

Infos

An introduction to risk assessment that utilizes key theory and state-of-the-art applications With its balanced coverage of theory and applications along with standards and regulations, Risk Assessment: Theory, Methods, and Applications serves as a comprehensive introduction to the topic. The book serves as a practical guide to current risk analysis and risk assessment, emphasizing the possibility of sudden, major accidents across various areas of practice from machinery and manufacturing processes to nuclear power plants and transportation systems. The author applies a uniform framework to the discussion of each method, setting forth clear objectives and descriptions, while also shedding light on applications, essential resources, and advantages and disadvantages. Following an introduction that provides an overview of risk assessment, the book is organized into two sections that outline key theory, methods, and applications. Introduction to Risk Assessment defines key concepts and details the steps of a thorough risk assessment along with the necessary quantitative risk measures. Chapters outline the overall risk assessment process, and a discussion of accident models and accident causation offers readers new insights into how and why accidents occur to help them make better assessments. Risk Assessment Methods and Applications carefully describes the most relevant methods for risk assessment, including preliminary hazard analysis, HAZOP, fault tree analysis, and event tree analysis. Here, each method is accompanied by a self-contained description as well as workflow diagrams and worksheets that illustrate the use of discussed techniques. Important problem areas in risk assessment, such as barriers and barrier analysis, human errors, and human reliability, are discussed along with uncertainty and sensitivity analysis. Each chapter concludes with a listing of resources for further study of the topic, and detailed appendices outline main results from probability and statistics, related formulas, and a listing of key terms used in risk assessment. A related website features problems that allow readers to test their comprehension of the presented material and supplemental slides to facilitate the learning process. Risk Assessment is an excellent book for courses on risk analysis and risk assessment at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It also serves as a valuable reference for engineers, researchers, consultants, and practitioners who use risk assessment techniques in their everyday work.

Autor

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

Inhalt

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.

Rezensionen

"This book may be used as a textbook for risk managementcourses as well as for dealing with practical problems of riskassessment. Theory is illustrated with relevant descriptions andexamples. Suggestions for additional reading are provided at theend of each chapter." (Zentralblatt MATH,2012

"The book serves as a practical guide to current risk analysisand risk assessment, emphasizing the possibility of sudden, majoraccidents across various areas of practice from machinery andmanufacturing processes to nuclear power plants and transportationsystems." (Financial Technology, 5 December 2011)

"Rausand (production and quality engineering, NorwegianUniversity of Science and Technology) offers a comprehensiveintroduction that defines the field and discusses the main conceptsand then presents the main methods for analyses." (Book News, 1October 2011)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.6.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Statistics in Practice
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Electrical & Electronics Engineering • Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik • Engineering statistics • Finance & Investments • Finanz- u. Anlagewesen • Human Factors & Risk Assessment • Insurance & Risk Management • Menschliche Faktoren u. Risikobewertung • Risikoanalyse • Risikobewertung • Statistics • Statistik • Statistik in den Ingenieurwissenschaften • Versicherungswesen u. Risikomanagement
• ISBN-10: 1-118-28110-1 / 1118281101
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-28110-9 / 9781118281109