Theory and Practice of Risk Assessment: ICRA 5, Tomar, Portugal, 2013

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Generalized Information Criteria for the Best Logit Model....Pages 3-20
Fractal Case Study for Mammary Cancer: Analysis of Interobserver Variability....Pages 21-35
On Analytical Methods for Cancer Research....Pages 37-44
Modelling Times Between Events with a Cured Fraction Using a First Hitting Time Regression Model with Individual Random Effects....Pages 45-65
Acceleration, Due to Occupational Exposure, of Time to Onset of a Disease....Pages 67-77
Transformations of Confidence Intervals for Risk Measures?....Pages 79-84
Discrete Compound Tests and Dorfman’s Methodology in the Presence of Misclassification....Pages 85-98
A Maximum Likelihood Estimator for the Prevalence Rate Using Pooled Sample Tests....Pages 99-110
On Intra-individual Variations in Hair Minerals in Relation to Epidemiological Risk Assessment of Atopic Dermatitis....Pages 111-122
Assessing Risk Factors for Periodontitis Using Multivariable Regression Analysis....Pages 123-132
COPD: On Evaluating the Risk for Functional Decline....Pages 133-146
Microarray Experiments on Risk Analysis Using R....Pages 147-158
Risk Assessment of Complex Evolving Systems Involving Multiple Inputs....Pages 159-175
Monitoring Environmental Risk by a Methodology Based on Control Charts....Pages 177-197
Risk Problems Identifying Optimal Pollution Level....Pages 199-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Finite Populations Sampling Strategies and Costs Control....Pages 211-223
Industrial Production of Gypsum: Quality Control Charts....Pages 225-234
Risk Analysis with Reference Class Forecasting Adopting Tolerance Regions....Pages 235-247
The Role of Asymmetric Families of Distributions in Eliminating Risk....Pages 249-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-277
Parametric and Semi-parametric Approaches to Extreme Rainfall Modelling....Pages 209-209
A Log Probability Weighted Moment Estimator of Extreme Quantiles....Pages 279-291
Adaptive Choice and Resampling Techniques in Extremal Index Estimation....Pages 293-303
Some Estimation Techniques in Reliability and Survival Analysis Based on Record-Breaking Data....Pages 305-320
Risk Scoring Models for Trade Credit in Small and Medium Enterprises....Pages 321-332
Signatures of Systems with Non-exchangeable Lifetimes: Some Implications in the Analysis of Financial Risk....Pages 333-348
Detecting an IO/AO Outlier in a Set of Time Series....Pages 349-360
Response Surface Methodology: A Review of Applications to Risk Assessment....Pages 361-375
FF-Type Multivariate Models in an Enforced Regression Paradigm....Pages 377-384
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