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Bohnenblust, H. and Slovic, P. 1998 Integrating Technical Analysis and Public Values in Risk-based Decision Making. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 59, 151-159. 

Finally, on completion of this text, readers should be in a position to make an informed decision to further pursue the field of system safety engineering, analysis, and/or management based upon their individual needs. Appendix A provides a brief listing of respectable sources where further, more detailed information and training may be obtained. 

Pre-seismic (retrofitting and strengthening actions), co-seismic, and post-seismic strategies and policies must be based on advanced approaches that quantify the seismic risk of lifelines and critical facilities considering seismic hazard, vulnerability, and exposure of the networks. The final prioritization criteria should combine engineering techniques, economic analysis, and decision-making tools. 

Modeling of fluoropolymers can be based on several approaches, ranging from simple to complex and from phenomenological to those based on physical deformation processes. This chapter does not discuss all of the tools available for analysis. It does, however, provide a comparison and discussion of the values and ranges of applications for numerous analytical tools so an engineer or scientist can make informed decisions about how much effort and sophistication is appropriate for a given analysis. 

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