Engineering Decisions for Life Quality How Safe is Safe Enough? /

Engineering Decisions for Life Quality: How Safe is Safe Enough? provides a foundation and a theoretical basis for managing risk to an acceptable level under the real-world constraint of limited resources. The focus is not on risks as such, but on what can be done to maximize the positive outcomes o...

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Main Authors: Nathwani, J. S. (Author), Lind, N. C. (Author), Pandey, M. D. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
Series:Springer Series in Reliability Engineering,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-602-1
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