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The risk matrix is a tool included in the qualitative analysis for risk management and used to analyse, visualise and prioritise risks to make decisions on resources.
“The risk matrix, or probabilityimpact matrix, is a tool included in the qualitative analysis for risk management and used to analyse, visualise and prioritise risks to make decisions on the resources to be employed to combat them (Goerlandt and Reniers, 2016;Duijm, 2015).”
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The Abstract says risk matrices are widely used in risk management and discusses qualitative assessment of likelihood and consequence. It also says they serve as corporate risk acceptance criteria, but the available passages do not say they are used to visualise and prioritise risks or to decide how to allocate resources. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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Metadata
- Authors
- Duijm, N. J.
- Affiliations
- Technical University of Denmark (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Duijm, Nijs Jan
- ORCID
- Duijm, Nijs Jan
- Venue
- Safety Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 76
- Pages
- 21-31
- ISSN
- 0925-7535 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2057188866
- Cited by
- 443
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 60 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 40.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- orbit.dtu.dk
- Licence
- Locations
- Safety Science (publishedVersion)
- Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Risk and Safety Analysis
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies
- Keywords
- risk matrix, risk assessment, risk acceptance criteria, risk management standards, risk categories
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