1,991
Views
27
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Faith and fakes – dealing with critical information in decision analysis

ORCID Icon, , & ORCID Icon
Pages 32-54 | Received 24 Apr 2019, Accepted 27 Apr 2019, Published online: 10 May 2019

References

  • Bateson, G. 1972. Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  • Davey-Attlee, F., and I. Soares. 2017. “The Fake News Machine.” Broadcasted on CNN. https://money.cnn.com/interactive/media/the-macedonia-story/.
  • De Finetti, B. 1975. Theory of Probability, Vol. 2. London: Wiley.
  • Der Kiureghian, A., and O. Ditlevsen. 2009. “Aleatory or Epistemic? Does It Matter?” Structural Safety 31 (2): 105–112. doi: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2008.06.020
  • Dodig-Crnkovic, G. 2005. “Investigations into Information Semantics and Ethics of Computing.” Dissertation, Mälardalen.
  • Douglas, M. 1992. Risk and Blame: Essays in Cultural Theory. London: Routledge.
  • Dretske, F. 1971. “Conclusive Reasons.” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 49: 1–22. doi: 10.1080/00048407112341001
  • Dretske, F. 1981. Knowledge and the Flow of Information. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Faber, M. H. 1997. “Risk Based Structural Maintenance Planning.” In Probabilistic Methods for Structural Design. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications. Vol. 56, edited by C. G. Soares, 377–402. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Faber, M. H. 2005. “On the Treatment of Uncertainties and Probabilities in Engineering Decision Analysis.” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering 127 (3): 243–248. doi: 10.1115/1.1951776
  • Faber, M. H. 2017. “Risk Informed Structural Systems Integrity Management: A Decision Analytical Perspective.” Proceeding of Ninth International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE, 2017.
  • Faber, M. H. 2018. “On Sustainability and Resilience of Engineered Systems.” In Routledge Handbook of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, edited by P. Gardoni, 28–49. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Faber, M. H., and N. Lind. 2012. “The Need for a Protocol on Risk Communication and Accountability.” 2nd OECD High Level Risk Forum, Paris, December 13–14.
  • Faber, M. H., N. Lind, J. N. Nathwani, P. Thomas, and T. Vrouwenvelder. 2012. “A Common Rationale for Health and Life Safety Management.” 2nd OECD High Level Risk Forum, 13–14 December 2012, Paris, 2012.
  • Faber, M. H., and M. Maes. 2005. “Epistemic Uncertainties and System Choice in Decision Making.” Proceeding of Ninth International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, ICOSSAR, 3519–3526.
  • Faber, M. H., M. Schubert, and J. W. Baker. 2007. “Decision Making Subject to Aversion of Low Frequency High Consequence Events.” Special Workshop on Risk Acceptance and Risk Communication March 26–27, Stanford University.
  • Faber, M. H., and J. D. Sorensen. 2002. “Indicators for Inspection and Maintenance Planning of Concrete Structures.” Structural Safety 24 (2–4): 377–396. doi:10.1016/S0167-4730(02)00033-4.
  • Fetzer, J. H. 2004. “Disinformation: The Use of False Information.” Minds and Machines 14 (2): 231–240. doi: 10.1023/B:MIND.0000021683.28604.5b
  • Floridi, L. 2004. “Information.” In The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information, edited by L. Floridi, 40–61. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Floridi, L. 2008. “Information Ethics, Its Nature and Scope.” Chap. 1 in Moral Philosophy and Information Technology, edited by J. van den Hoven and J. Weckert, 40–65. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Glavind, S. T., and M. H. Faber. 2018. “A Framework for Offshore Load Environment Modelling.” Proceeding of ASME 2018, 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2018, Madrid, June 17–22.
  • Hennig, C. 2010. “Mathematical Models and Reality: A Constructivist Perspective.” Foundations of Science 15: 29–48. doi: 10.1007/s10699-009-9167-x
  • Hoffman, F. G. 2009. “Hybrid Warfare and Challenges.” Joint Force Quarterly 52: 34–39.
  • JCSS. 2008. Risk Assessment in Engineering, Principles, System Representation & Risk Criteria. Zurich: Joint Committee on Structural Safety.
  • Kahneman, D., and A. Tversky. 1984. “Choices, Values, and Frames.” American Psychologist 39 (4): 341–350. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.39.4.341
  • Klinke, A., and O. Renn. 2002. “A New Approach to Risk Evaluation and Management: Risk-Based, Precaution-Based, and Discourse-Based Strategies.” Risk Analysis 22 (6): 1071–1094. doi: 10.1111/1539-6924.00274
  • Martens, B., L. Aguiar, E. Gomez-Herrera, and F. Mueller-Langer. 2018. “The Digital Transformation of News Media and the Rise of Disinformation and Fake News.” Technical Reports. European Commission, Joint Research Centre. https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/jrcsh/files/jrc111529.pdf.
  • Mastrandrea, M. D., K. J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, O. Edenhofer, T. F. Stocker, C. B. Field, K. L. Ebi, P. R. Matschoss, et al. 2011. “The IPCC AR5 Guidance Note on Consistent Treatment of Uncertainties: A Common Approach Across the Working Groups.” Climatic Change 108: 675–691. doi: 10.1007/s10584-011-0178-6
  • Oddie, G. 2014. Truthlikeness. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Accessed September 2018. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truthlikeness/.
  • Olsson, E. J. 2005. Against Coherence: Truth, Probability, and Justification. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Pomerantsev, P., and M. Weiss. 2014. “The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture and Money.” The Interpreter, November 22, 22.
  • Raiffa, H., and R. Schlaifer. 1961. Applied Statistical Decision Theory. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
  • Ramsey, F. P. 1926. “The Foundations of Mathematics.” Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 2 (1): 338–384. doi: 10.1112/plms/s2-25.1.338
  • Ramsey, F. P. 1978. “General Propositions and Causality.” In Foundations: Essays in Philosophy, Logic, Mathematics and Economics, edited by D. H. Mellor, 133–135. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
  • Shannon, C. E. 1948. “Mathematical Theory of Communication.” Reprinted with Corrections from The Bell System Technical Journal, 27, 379–423, 623–656. http://math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf.
  • Silverman, C., and L. Alexander. 2016. “How Teens in the Balkans are Duping Trump Supporters With Fake News.” BuzzFeedNews, November 3. http://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-global-hub-for-pro-trump-misinfo.
  • Starbird, K. 2017. Examining the Alternative Media Ecosystem Through the Production of Alternative Narratives of Mass Shooting Events on Twitter. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. http://faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Alt_Narratives_ICWSM17-CameraReady.pdf.
  • Straub, D. 2004. “Generic Approaches to Risk Based Inspection Planning for Steel Structures.” Doctoral thesis. Zurich: ETH Zurich.
  • Von Neumann and Morgenstern. 1953. Theory of Games and Economical Behavior. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
  • Walley, P. 1991. Statistical Reasoning with Imprecise Probability. London: Chapman & Hall.
  • Weaver, W. 1949. “The Mathematics of Communication.” Scientific American 181 (1): 11–15. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0749-11

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.