Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics

Now in its third edition, this textbook is required reading for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. Drawing on topics of uncertainty, risk modeling, and analysis, the book covers everything from basic theory and key computational algorithms to data needs, sources, and collection.

Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics is required reading for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. Drawing on his extensive experience in uncertainty, risk modeling, and analysis, the author covers everything from basic theory and key computational algorithms to data needs, sources, and collection. He emphasizes real-world solutions and the practical use of the methods while carefully examining the advantages and limitations of each to help readers translate the discussed techniques into practice. The third edition continues and advances the successful approach of this text. It offers:The fundamental concepts, techniques, and applications of the subject in a style tailored to meet the needs of students and practitioners of engineering, science, economics, and financeIntroduces the fundamentals to facilitate quantification and rational decision-makingEnhances the coverage of economic valuation, risk tolerance, and attitudeEmphasizes the practical use of these methods through real-world case studiesEstablishes the limitations, advantages, and disadvantages of various methodsTargets analysts, researchers, and/or anyone who deals with risk analysis to solve problemsThe book is designed to emphasize the applications of the concepts presented. The fundamental concepts are properly balanced in eight well-organized chapters. The outstanding features of the third edition include:More material on risk management and finance, including enhancements of the coverage of economic valuation, risk tolerance, and risk attitudes in decision-makingA renewed emphasis on practical problem solvingMore diversity in examples from engineering, the sciences, insurance, and so forthMaintains illustrative, complex examples with explicitly presented computations to enable students to reproduce the computationsEnhanced exercises to increase the difficulty of some of themOther books by the author include Numerical Analysis for Engineers, third edition, with Richard H. McCuen, © 2026, and Probability, Statistics, and Reliability for Engineers and Scientists, fourth edition, with Richard H. McCuen, © 2025, both published by CRC Press.