9780792307990 - Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy (Theory and Decision Library A:, 15, Band 15) von Funtowicz, S.O.; Ravetz, J.R. (4 Ergebnisse)

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. S.O. Funtowicz is a Visiting Scientist at the European Community Joint Research Centre at Ispra (Varese), Italy. He has taught mathematics, logic and research methodology in Buenos Aires, Argentina. J.R. Ravetz is the Chairman of the Council for S.

Zustand: New. Explains the notational system NUSAP (Numeral, Unit, Spread, Assessment, Pedigree) and applies it to several examples from the environmental sciences. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 529. . 1990. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 60 -I 137.0~29 ERROR BARS - tONE (1' 40 E a. a. Z30 137.0388 0 137.0377 ~ ~20 0 to 0 '50 Fig.1. Successive recommended values of the fine-structure constand IX-I (B. N. Taylor et 01., 1969,7) reminder that the value is not fully accepted by colleagues, since they will expect it to jump about for a while longer. Our next example is taken from a recent study in the social sciences. It shows how a set of related estimates of uncertainty can be expressed clearly and effectively by NUSAP. Suppose that we wish to forecast what the future price of a basic commodity might be, especially when at the moment its price is artificially maintained by a cartel of producers. There is no experimental evidence on such a future contingency, and yet we are not completely in the dark. There is a long history of expertise in the field; and there is a well-tried standard model by which experts' guesses can be translated into mathematical form.