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Term of the Road Dictionary

expected value

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Road Safety
  • Definition : Typical numerical representation of societal risk as the sum of the frequencies/ probabilities of each event or scenario multiplied by their corresponding consequences.
  • Synonyms : expectation / mathematical expectation

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  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Straßenverkehrssicherheit
  • Definition : Numerische Wiedergabe des kollektiven Risikos als Summe der Häufigkeit/ Wahrscheinichkeit jedes Ereignisses oder Szenarios, multipliziert mit den daraus folgenden Konsequenzen.

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