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Epistemic Uncertainty and the Management of High Risk Exposures

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Jablonowski, M. (2005). Epistemic Uncertainty and the Management of High Risk Exposures. In: Attoh-Okine, N.O., Ayyub, B.M. (eds) Applied Research in Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis. International Series in Intelligent Technologies, vol 20. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23550-7_12

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