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Risk and uncertainty





                           Risk and uncertainty





               1.1  What is it?

               Decision makers will often try to take account of risk when making decisions.




                             Risk                                                Uncertainty










                                                                                Unquantifiable
                         Quantifiable
                       (outcomes have                                              (outcomes
                          associated                                               cannot be
                                                                                mathematically
                         probabilities)
                                                                                   modelled)


                                                                          It is difficult to incorporate
                                                                          uncertainty into decision

                                                                          making models



























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