| Roadmap for this book |
xvii |
| Preface |
xviii |
| Acknowledgments |
xix |
| Editors |
xx |
| Acronyms and abbreviations |
xxii |
| Participants |
xxv |
| Introduction |
xxx |
| Glossary |
271 |
| |
| CHAPTER 1: QUANTITATIVE UNCERTAINTY
ANALYSIS IN REGULATORY PROGRAMS |
19 |
| |
| CHAPTER 2: ISSUES AND METHODS IN UNCERTAINTY
ANALYSIS |
25 |
| |
| CHAPTER 3: COMMUNICATING UNCERTAINTY
IN ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT |
87 |
| |
| CHAPTER 4: PERSPECTIVES ON UNCERTAINTY:
VIEWPOINTS FROM ENVIRON- MENTAL AND
HUMAN-HEALTH RISK ASSESSORS, STATISTICIANS,
LEGISLATORS, INDUSTRY OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT
REGULATORS, AND NONBELIEVERS |
119 |
| |
| An overview perspective of uncertainty
-GLENN W. SUTER II |
121 |
| |
| An ecological perspective of uncertainty
-Peter M. Chapman |
131 |
| |
| A human-health perspective of uncertainty
-LEONARD LEVIN |
140 |
| |
| A statistical perspective of uncertainty
-ERIC P. SMITH AND KEYING YE |
149 |
| |
| A legal perspective of uncertainty
-Carl S. Hacker, David Cox, and Julie
R. Watson |
160 |
| |
| An electric utility industry perspective
of uncertainty -JACK MATTICE |
169 |
| |
| Case study #2: an exploration of uncertainty
in the determination of environmental
toxicity -Wayne G. Landis, April J.
Markiewicz, Geoffrey B. Matthews, Michael
J. Roze, and Robin A. Matthews |
226 |
| |
| Case study #3: a hazardous waste case
study -L.M. VALOPPI |
237 |
