This chapter concerns principles and methods for sensitivity analyses that quantify the robustness of inferences to departures from underlying assumptions. Unlike the well-developed literature on ...

The prevention and management of coal mine roof accidents remain challenging issues because it is difficult to evaluate and quantify the interaction effects of the disaster hazard factors objectively.

Climate change and its severe health impacts raise serious concerns about climate justice. To measure a population’s vulnerability to climate change, researchers often apply indicator-based composite ...