Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy

by Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz

Book Overview

This book explains the notational system NUSAP (Numeral, Unit, Spread, Assessment, Pedigree) and applies it to several examples from the environmental sciences. The authors are now making further extensions of NUSAP, including an algorithm for the propagation of quality-grades through models used in risk and safety studies. They are also developing the concept of Post-normal Science', in which quality assurance of information requires the participation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792307992
• ISBN13: 9780792307990
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"