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Risk Matrix: Foundations and Overview

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Risk matrix has been a widely used risk assessment tool for decades. Despite the convenience of risk matrix, it suffers some theoretical flaws. In this chapter, we introduce what is risk matrix accompanying with what should care in a risk matrix, the flaws of current risk matrix, and the main topics in this book.

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Bao, C., Li, J., Wu, D. (2022). Risk Matrix: Foundations and Overview. In: Risk Matrix. Innovation in Risk Analysis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1480-5_1

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