Application of uncertainty analysis to ecological risks of pesticides. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by William J. Warren-Hicks, Andy Hart.
• Other Names: Warren-Hicks, William; Hart, Andy, 1956-
• Contents: Ch. 1. Introduction and objectives / A. Hart [and others] -- ch. 2. Problem formulation for probabilistic ecological risk assessments / A. Hart [and others] -- ch. 3. Issues underlying the selection of distributions / D. Farrar [and others] -- ch. 4. Monte Carlo, Bayesian Monte Carlo, and first-order error analysis / W.J. Warren-Hicks [and others] -- ch. 5. The Bayesian vantage for dealing with uncertainty / D.A. Evans [and others] -- ch. 6. Bounding uncertainty analyses / S. Ferson [and others] -- ch. 7. Uncertainty analysis using classical and Bayesian hierarchical models / D.R.J. Moore [and others] -- ch. 8. Interpreting and communicating risk and uncertainty for decision making / J.L. Shaw [and others] -- ch. 9. How to detect and avoid pitfalls, traps, and swindles / G. Joermann [and others] -- ch. 10. Conclusions / A. Hart [and others].
• Publisher Details: Pensacola, Fla.] Boca Raton [Fla. : SETAC CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxi, 192 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 577.27/9015118; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Mathematical models; Ecological risk assessment; Probabilities; SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Ecological risk assessment; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Mathematical models; Probabilities; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439807354; 1439807353
• Related ISBNs: 9781439807347; 1439807345
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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