Robust simulation for mega-risks : the path from single-solution to competitive, multi-solution methods for mega-risk management /: the path from single-solution to competitive, multi-solution methods for mega-risk management. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Craig E. Taylor.
• Authors: Taylor, Craig E
• Contents: Introduction: Initial Queries Going Forward -- The Deductivist Theory of Probability and Statistics -- The Frequency Theory of Probability -- Probability and Randomness as Beliefs: Bayesian Theory -- More Challenges to Tradition: Extreme Value Diagnostics, Power Laws, and the Wobble -- Mathematization of Statistics: Flexibility and Convergence -- Robust Simulation and Non-linear Reasoning: Quantitative and Qualitative Examples -- Managing Expectations: Qualitative Considerations And Quantitative Decision Procedures -- Conclusions and Queries.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 363.34; Earth sciences; Emergency management; Risk management -- Planning; Crisis management; Geology; Computer simulation; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Crisis management; Emergency management; Risk management -- Planning; Computers -- Computer Simulation; Mathematics -- Applied; Computer modelling & simulation; Applied mathematics; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Natural disasters; Earth Sciences; Natural Hazards; Simulation and Modeling; Complex Systems; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319194134; 3319194135
• Related ISBNs: 9783319194127; 3319194127; 9783319194127
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 24, 2015).
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