Talk:Event tree analysis

In the Introduction/Definition I miss the reference to risk assessment as an application for ETA. I think it is worth including it not only because this wiki is devoted to this topic but also because you have a complete section for it later on. In the Theory section I would recommend to define the concept loss end states. I wonder if the third bullet point of this section is correct. The second sentence of the second paragraph of Methodology might have a flaw: start at the left?. In this same paragraph when you refer to 1s I would include 1f as well and would recommend to see the attached graph. I don't quite understand the 4th step (bullet point) of this section: indentify intermediate events. I have looked for more information in one of your references C.A. Ericson (2005) and this point is clearer for me in the original paper: Identify the pivotal events. Perhaps, it might be worth changing it. Event tree Analysis I miss something at the beginning of the second sentence of this paragraph. In Advantages, I wonder if the fith bullet point is correct: ineffective or effective countermeasures? The 9th point says easy to lean perhaps it should say easy to learn. I wonder if it would be possible to include some names or references to complete the last point,i.e. some of the software available. Last but not least, I would recommend to include more references. It is always advisable for a wiki. By the way, I wonder if ETA is the same as Classifying tree analysis. I have learn about it in the article by Cox and Popken (2008) recommended in this course, and I think it is a very interesting tool in RA. Should it be the case, I would include a mention to this statistical method. You can find additional references in this paper and a mention to the rpart algorithm of the stastical software R. Perhaps, you can use it to improve your wiki. Good luck 570acm570acm (talk) 21:08, 9 November 2013 (UTC)