Experts agree that value of information (VOI) analyses provide useful insights in risk
management decisions. However, applications in environmental health risk management …

This article provides the first comprehensive review of value of information (VOI) analyses
related to health risk management published in English in peer-reviewed journals by the …

The COVID-19 crisis is dramatically affecting the world economy and, particularly, the
tourism sector. In the context of extreme uncertainty, the use of probabilistic forecasting …

Uncertainty in the predictions of science when applied to the environment is an issue of
great current relevance in relation to the impacts of climate change, protecting against …

Stochastic Subsurface Hydrogeology is the study of subsurface, geological heterogeneity,
and its effects on flow and transport process, using probabilistic and geostatistical concepts …

There has been an increasing interest in using expected value of information (EVI) theory in
medical decision making, to identify the need for further research to reduce uncertainty in …

Risk to human health as a consequence of toxic materials found in modern societies is a
matter of grave concern to the world community. What is more, risks to humans that arise …

The Scope of This Book Popular culture often refers to current times as the Information Age,
classifying many of the technological, economic, and social changes of the past four deca …

Bayesian methods are experiencing increased use for probabilistic ecological modelling.
Most Bayesian inference requires the numerical approximation of analytically intractable …

Conservation decision‐makers face a trade‐off between spending limited funds on direct
management action, or gaining new information in an attempt to improve management …