Uncertainty in Industrial Practice:

• Features recent uncertainty case studies carried out in the nuclear, air & space, oil, mechanical and civil engineering industries set in a common methodological framework.

• Presents methods for organizing and treating uncertainties in a generic and prioritized perspective.

• Illustrates practical difficulties and solutions encountered according to the level of complexity, information available and regulatory and financial constraints.

• Discusses best practice in uncertainty modeling, propagation and sensitivity analysis through a variety of statistical and numerical methods.

• Reviews recent standards, references and available software, providing an essential resource for engineers and risk analysts in a wide variety of industries.

This book provides a guide to dealing with quantitative uncertainty in engineering and modelling and is aimed at practitioners, including risk-industry regulators and academics wishing to develop industry-realistic methodologies.