An Introduction to Mental Modeling -- Part I. The Mental Modeling Approach -- Mental Modeling Research Technical Approach -- Science of Mental Modeling -- Part II. Applications at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) -- Flood Risk Management -- Adaptive Management for Climate Change --...

Central to the responsible development of nanotechnologies is an understanding of the risks they pose to the environment. As with any novel material or emerging technology, a scarcity of data introduces potentially high uncertainty in to the characterisation of risk. Early priorities are the...

Purpose: Trust entails the assumption of risk by the trustor to the extent that the trustee may act in a manner unaligned with the trustor's interests. Before a strategic alliance is formed, each firm formulates a subjective assessment regarding whether the other firm will behave in a...