A framework for risk management decisions in aviation safety at state level

Aviation is a key industrial sector for global development. Safety is essential for its healthy growth. However its management is pervaded by simplistic methods based on risk matrices. We provide here a framework for risk management decisions in aviation safety at state level. This helps us in ident...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Ríos Insua, David, Alfaro, César, Gómez, Javier, Hernández-Coronado, Pablo, Bernal, Francisco
Format: article
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/196611
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/196611
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Aviation safety
Risk management
Decision analysis
Bayesian statistics
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Summary:Aviation is a key industrial sector for global development. Safety is essential for its healthy growth. However its management is pervaded by simplistic methods based on risk matrices. We provide here a framework for risk management decisions in aviation safety at state level. This helps us in identifying the best portfolio that a state agency may implement to improve aviation safety in a country. We illustrate our proposal with a case study.