Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

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Quantitative Risk Assessment

Quantitative risk assessment provides numerical characterizations of risk and relies primarily on the use of good methods, techniques, and models from the multiple disciplines employed by USACE. Thus, it comprises good economics, engineering, and environmental analysis.

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