? Credit Points : 5  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : MAT-P-RA

Sources of risk; attitudes to risk; approaches to assessing the probability and cost of risky events and methods of controling risk.

? Pre-requisites : PGs only

Home subject area

Operational Research, (School of Mathematics, Schedule P)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Understanding of approaches to assess and minimize risk in real life applications.

Continuous assessment 100%

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Frances Reid
Tel : (0131 6)50 4883
Email : f.c.reid@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Julian Hall
Tel : (0131 6)50 5075
Email : J.A.J.Hall@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/