Certainty
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| − | + | [https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2019 Emissions Gap Report 2019] published by the UN Environment Programme defines uncertainty as: ‘A cognitive state of incomplete knowledge that can result from a lack of information or from disagreement about what is known or even knowable. It may have many types of sources, from imprecision in the data to ambiguously defined concepts or terminology, or uncertain projections of human behaviour. Uncertainty can therefore be represented by quantitative measures (for example a probability density function) or by qualitative statements (for example reflecting the judgement of a team of experts).’ | |
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* Cost certainty. | * Cost certainty. | ||
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* [[Risk_in_building_design_and_construction#Uncertainty_and_risk|Risk]]. | * [[Risk_in_building_design_and_construction#Uncertainty_and_risk|Risk]]. | ||
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Revision as of 08:35, 7 January 2021
Emissions Gap Report 2019 published by the UN Environment Programme defines uncertainty as: ‘A cognitive state of incomplete knowledge that can result from a lack of information or from disagreement about what is known or even knowable. It may have many types of sources, from imprecision in the data to ambiguously defined concepts or terminology, or uncertain projections of human behaviour. Uncertainty can therefore be represented by quantitative measures (for example a probability density function) or by qualitative statements (for example reflecting the judgement of a team of experts).’
Articles on Designing Buildings Wiki relating to types of uncertainty include:
- Cost certainty.
- Price certainty.
- Time certainty.
- Risk.
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