General Risk Analysis Tools

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Palisade Europe	@RISK 4.5 Tutorial This online tutorial provides an introduction to @RISK software, including getting started, running a risk analysis, graphing the results, advanced features, and a description of what's new in @RISK 4.5. (more) Publication Year: 2002	Jul 31, 2002
	Lumina Decision Systems, Inc.	Analytica Quanitative modeling tool for working with decision models. Applications include risk analysis, decision analysis, cost/benefit assessment, policy analysis, and more. The software is commercial but a free trial is available for download from this site. (more)	Jun 29, 2004
	BT Safety LLC	BT Safety LLC: Building Technologies for Safety Company that builds software systems and predictive modeling tools to facilitate rapid and effective response to food security and food safety threats. Products include the Food Source Identification and Tracking System (FSITS) model which can be used to simulate the effects of a food contamination event and the Food Event Manager (FEM) model which can be used to support government officials in responding to an actual foodborne outbreak. (more)	May 19, 2005
		Decision Analysis Software Survey Survey of vendors of decision analysis software packages. Includes information on operating systems, applications, user capabilities, pricing, constraints, graphical elicitation techniques, new features, targeted industries, applications, and vendor contact information. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Nov 29, 2004
	Middleton, Michael R.	Decision Modeling Add-Ins for Excel Information about the TreePlan Decision Tree, SensIt Sensitivity Analysis, and RiskSim Simulation add- ins for Excel.	Dec 7, 2004
	Decisioneering	Decisioneering This organization provides risk analysis software and desktop decision intelligence software tools, including Crystal Ball. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	Lumenaut Ltd.	Excel Risk Add-In Monte Carlo risk, decision tree and statistical add-in software for Excel.	Jul 4, 2005
	Food Safety Risk Analysis Clearinghouse	FR-Analytica listserv Discussion forum to share ideas and experiences using Analytica software, especially as they apply to the areas of risk analysis. While the focus is food safety, risk analysts in other fields should not be discouraged as many problems encountered in risk analysis can cut across different subjects such as transportation, nuclear energy, environmental risks, etc. (more)	Jan 6, 2005
	GoldSim Technology Group LLC	GoldSim: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World Company that provides decision-making software, training, and consulting services.	Dec 7, 2004
	Vose Consulting	ModelAssist Risk analysis training software package for users of @RISK or Crystal Ball. Several editions are offered, including industrial versions that focus on microbial and antimicrobial food safety applications. (more)	Sep 13, 2004
	Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency	Models Knowledge Base Database of EPA's environmental models. Models can be searched by keyword or browsed based on certain environmental indicators. Includes general information about the model, links to the model's homepage if available, user information, and information on the science behind the model. (more)	Nov 29, 2004
	Thomas, Sharon; Kaplan, Stan	On the Use/Applicability Of Bayes' Theorem to Food/Drug Safety This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It derives and explains Bayes’ Theorem, gives examples, provides Bayes’ Theorem for updating dose/response curves, and more. (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002	Aug 19, 2002
	Palisade Corporation	Palisade Palisade's decision analysis software includes the DecisionTools Suite: @RISK, TopRank, PrecisionTree, BestFit, and RISKview. Functions performed by these programs include risk analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, sensitivity analysis, creating decision trees and influence diagrams, fitting data to distributions, and solving optimization problems. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	Applied Biomathematics	RAMAS Risk Calc Tool for probability bounds analysis, fuzzy arithmetic, and interval analysis.	Nov 29, 2004
	RiskWorld, Tec-Com Inc.	Risk-Related Software Listing of software related to risk analysis.	Nov 22, 2004
	Varela, José Ricardo	Simulación 4.0 Montecarlo simulation tool that was fully developed in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and is compatible with Excel 97 and above. Features include 34 random number functions, simulation with the Monte Carlo method, between 1 - 65,000 iterations, integrated menu and toolbar, up to 150 inputs and 20 outputs, easy block of inputs in order to run partial simulations, definition of correlations between inputs, determination of one approximate distribution for a known data series, quick and easy install and uninstall. (more)	Apr 18, 2005
	Machain, Luciano	SimulAr Add-in for Microsoft Excel that is distributed as "emailware". SimulAr adds probability distribution functions in spreadsheets for performing Monte Carlo simulation and risk analysis under uncertainty conditions. Includes the possibility of correlating variables and fitting distributions to data. (more)	Mar 22, 2005
	Institute for Environmental Modeling, University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance: SADA Free software designed to support environmental assessment that includes modules for human health risk assessment, decision analysis, cost/benefit analysis, geospatial analysis, statistical analysis, and more. Documentation and information on an email list for users are available from this website. (more)	Jun 23, 2004
	TreeAge Software, Inc.	TreeAge Software, Inc. Company that publishes TreeAge Pro software for decision analysis. The website includes information about their products, training, and more. (more)	Dec 8, 2004

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