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Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology: Technology Management For Social Innovation, Proceedings

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2016

Subjects

Cognitive maps (Psychology), Risk perception, Fuzzy logic, Decision making

Abstract

When making decision that can have far-researching effects, such as governmental policies or decisions on new technologies, decision-makers use their understanding of the risks that are associated with their choices to guide their decisions. Measuring how people perceive risks can be helpful for understanding and possibly improving the decision-making process. Building on a review of existing methods for investigating risk perceptions, this paper suggests Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) as a method for investigating differences in risk perception among stakeholders and stakeholder groups. The approach is illustrated with an example of wildfire risk perceptions. Results suggest that FCM can contribute to risk perception studies and provide means to improve Communications between different stakeholder groups and their involvement in the decision-making process. © 2016 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, Inc.

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This is the publisher's final PDF. Copyright 2016 by PICMET. Paper delivered at the 2016 Proceedings of PICMET '16: Technology Management for Social Innovation.

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.2016.7806749

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19745

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