Risk Assessment - Theory, Methods, and Applications (2nd Edition)

• Main Authors: Rausand, Marvin, Haugen, Stein
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons 2020; Wiley; John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated; Wiley-Blackwell
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Series: Wiley series in statistics in practice
• Subjects: Industrial Engineering & Operations Management; Industrial Engineering & Systems Engineering; Industrial Safety; Risk assessment; Safety & Industrial Hygiene; Technology; Technology > Risk assessment
• ISBN: 1119377234; 9781119377238
• DOI: 10.1002/9781119377351

This book remains one of the few textbooks to address current risk analysis and risk assessment with an emphasis on the possibility of sudden, major accidents across various areas of practice-from machinery and manufacturing processes to nuclear power plants and transportation systems. Updated to align with ISO 31000 and other amended standards, this all-new 2nd Edition discusses the main ideas and techniques for assessing risk today. The book begins with an introduction of risk analysis, assessment, and management, and includes a new section on the history of risk analysis. It covers hazards and threats, how to measure and evaluate risk, and risk management. It also adds new sections on risk governance and risk-informed decision making; combining accident theories and criteria for evaluating data sources; and subjective probabilities. The risk assessment process is covered, as are how to establish context; planning and preparing; and identification, analysis, and evaluation of risk.