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Uncertainty in scientific assessments


Evaluating Uncertainty in Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment. A ...

It provides useful information to assess the reliability of LCA-based decisions and to guide future research toward reducing uncertainty. Most ...

The principles and methods behind EFSA's Guidance on ...

Uncertainty analysis should be conducted in a flexible, iterative manner, starting at a level appropriate to the assessment and refining the analysis as far as ...

EFSA's Framework for Evidence-Based Scientific Assessments

The main advantage related to the implementation of protocols and uncertainty analysis is improvement of the scientific value of the outputs.

UNCERTAINTIES IN THE IPCC TAR: Recommendations To Lead ...

always possible in the context of scientific assessment intended to help with the policy process. ... Range of major uncertainties typical in impact assessments ...

Assessment and investigation of measurement uncertainty of ...

A general approach to estimating the sources of uncertainty of standard samples is described. Uncertainties from heterogeneity of standard sample material.

Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty in the Assessment ...

The May 12 workshop presentations and discussions explored tools and approaches to communicating about scientific uncertainties to a range of stakeholders in ...

Value of Science 203: The Value of Scientific Information When ...

Another complicating factor when assessing the expected value of scientific information in the context of uncertain future outcomes is that the ...

A review of the effects of uncertainty in public science communication

In contrast, uncertainty in the form of quantified error ranges and probabilities (technical uncertainty) in these studies has had only positive ...

Uncertainty factors: human health risk assessment by UK Government

Advances in scientific techniques, such as the use of novel biomarkers, in vitro toxicology, molecular modelling and computer simulations, may offer new ...

Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to ...

... science to inform long-term coastal planning. Scientific assessments play a key role in the translation process and have taken diverse ...

Uncertainties Guidance Note - IPCC AR5

U.S. Climate Change Science Program,. Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2. Available at. . 7).

ghg-uncertainty.pdf

... guidance on uncertainty assessment in. GHG inventories and calculating statistical parameter uncertainty. Table of Contents. 1. OVERVIEW .

A review of approaches to quantifying uncertainty in fisheries stock ...

We surveyed stock assessment scientists to a) identify the methods commonly used to quantify uncertainty, b) describe how method use has changed over time, c) ...

11 Uncertainty Is Inherent in Science - Oxford Academic

All science is inherently uncertain. Two key factors that contribute to science's inherent uncertainty are the complexity of natural phenomena and human ...

Environment and Human Health: The Challenge of Uncertainty in ...

The variability inherent in environmental media and analysis can be quantified statistically; uncertainty in models can be reduced by additional research; deep ...

Risk and uncertainty | Forskningsetikk

Many important decisions are based on scientific risk assessments, in which risk is defined as 'likelihood multiplied by (the gravity of) the consequences'.

The Certainty Of Uncertainty: Scientists Know Exactly How Well We ...

The uncertainty in a scientific measurement, on the other hand, is a rigorously defined and quantifiable thing.

Uncertainty Characterization in 21st-Century Toxicology

• EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) (2016) Scientific Committee. Guidance on Uncertainty in EFSA Scientific Assessment. Revised draft.

Uncertainty and climate risk - DNV

A risk assessment can be directly related to propositions (e.g. 'The consequence of X will be Y'). Uncertainty about propositions is therefore part of what is ...

How evidence-based methodologies can help identify and reduce ...

The potential of evidence-based methodology for characterizing uncertainties in risk assessment has been widely recognized, while its ...