Index

  • accountability
    • biases
    • shared
  • Add Output function, @RISK
  • add-in creation, Excel
  • adding comments to VBA code
  • addition, static risk values
  • Advanced Sensitivity Analysis
  • advantages
    • correlated sampling
    • resampling methods
  • aggregate delays
  • aggregate risk optimisation
  • aggregation
    • benefits
    • core design principles
    • risk registers
    • risk-driven occurrences
    • static risk values
  • algorithms
    • @RISK sampling
    • random number generation in VBA
  • aligning assessment and modelling
  • allocation of contingency
  • alternative parameters, @RISK
  • analysis
    • model during design
    • principles
    • sampling, @RISK
    • sheets in Excel/VBA
  • anchoring, biases
  • applicability of simulation methods
  • approaches to risk quantification
  • approximations
    • continuous distributions
    • distributions by other distributions
      • modelling choices
      • parameter matching
      • potential pitfalls
  • Archimedean copulas
  • array functions
    • Excel
    • Visual basic
  • ascending percentiles
  • assigning values, Visual Basic into Excel
  • assumptions
    • biases
    • careful selection
    • transparency
  • asymmetric impacts, biases
  • @RISK
    • alternate parameters
    • auditing
    • benefits
    • beta distributions
    • binomial distributions
    • core steps
    • correlations
    • dependencies
    • distribution approximations
    • distribution special applications
    • distribution/time series fitting
    • exponential distributions
    • extreme value distributions
    • fixing the seed
    • general discrete distributions
    • input statistics functions
    • integer uniform distributions
    • kurtosis
    • lognormal distributions
    • macros
    • MS project integration
    • multiple simulations
    • normal distributions
    • optimisation
    • Pareto distributions
    • PERT distributions
    • reducing run time
    • repeating simulations
    • report generation by macros
    • results statistics
    • running simulations
    • sampling
      • analysis macros
      • comparisons with Excel
    • scatter plots
    • sense checking
    • simulation control
    • special applications of distributions
    • standard deviation
    • static view
    • storing results
    • time series correlation
    • tornado graphs
    • viewing results
  • auditing, @RISK models
  • Australian Stock Exchange
  • authority
  • automating
    • data filter clearing
    • recalculations in Excel/VBA
  • autoregressive models
  • average
    • see also mean
  • backward calculations
  • barriers to modelling
  • base cases
    • everyday examples
    • full model integration
    • likelihood
    • separating risk distributions
    • strategic option development
  • basic mean-reversion models
  • Bayesian analysis
  • benefits
    • aggregation
    • @RISK
    • formal risk assessments
    • full risk models
    • qualitative risk registers
  • Bernoulli distributions
  • Bernoulli processes
    • beta distributions
    • geometric distributions
    • periods-of-occurrence
  • best estimates
  • best practice, Visual Basic
  • beta distributions
  • beta general distributions
  • beta-Bernoulli processes
  • beta-binomial processes
  • biases
    • cognitive
    • motivational
    • non-symmetry
    • political
    • reduction
    • structural
    • to action
  • binomial distributions
  • Black-Scholes formula
  • bottom-up versus top-down implementation
  • Browse Results icon, @RISK
  • business design, risk assessment
  • business issues, versus risks
  • capturing event risks
  • category-driven variability
  • centiles see percentiles
  • central point, measures of
  • centre of gravity
  • challenges in risk mapping
  • change management
  • Change in Output Mean tornados
  • chi-squared distributions
  • choice versus uncertainty
  • Cholesky factorisation
  • Clayton copulas
  • clearing
    • Data Filters
    • DataTables
    • previous results
  • closed-form solutions
  • co-directional (integrated) processes
  • code modules, Visual Basic
  • coefficient of skewness
  • cognitive biases
  • Columbia space shuttle disaster, 2003
  • COMBIN function, Excel
  • comments, Visual Basic code
  • common causalities, capturing
  • common risk drivers
    • correlation matrices
    • evaluation
    • modelling
    • risk prioritisation
  • communication
    • decision effects versus uncertainties
    • full risk models
    • risk model design
    • see also graphs; visual representation
  • communications focus
  • comparisons
    • Excel-created inverse samples and @RISK values
    • measures of the central point
    • risk prioritisation
  • competitive advantage
  • complacency
  • complex dependency modelling
  • complexity, risk assessment
  • compound distributions
  • compound likelihood
  • compound processes
  • conceptual approaches, distribution selection
  • conditional probabilities
  • conditional value-at-risk
  • confidence intervals
  • confirmation bias
  • conflicting view resolution
  • consistency in risk assessment
  • contextual risks
  • contingencies
    • allocation and ownership of budgets
    • levels
    • setting
  • continuous dependencies
  • continuous distributions
    • approximations
    • chi-squared
    • exponential
    • extreme value
    • F
    • log logistic
    • logistic distributions
    • lognormal
    • normal distributions
    • Pareto
    • PERT distributions
    • student/t
    • triangular
    • uniform
  • continuous processes
    • cumulative curves
    • definition
    • density curves
    • suitable distributions
  • Convergence function, @RISK
  • copulas
  • core design principles
    • aggregation
    • choice vs. uncertainties
    • Data Filter clearing
    • delays/time shifting
    • dependencies
    • dynamic formulae
    • enhanced sensitivity
    • fade formulae
    • model analysis
    • planning and communication
    • results interpretation during design
    • sensitivity-driven thinking
    • simplicity
    • switches
    • working with existing models
  • corporate governance
  • Corporate Governance Council on the Australian Stock Exchange
  • corporate planning
  • CORREL function, Excel
  • correlated sampling
    • Cholesky factorisation
    • copulas
    • time series
    • VBA array functions
    • versus parameter-dependent sampling
  • correlation
    • @RISK
    • capturing
    • matrices
    • rank coefficients
    • scatter plots
  • correlation coefficients
  • correlation matrices
    • Cholesky factorisation
    • common risk drivers
    • partial dependencies
    • validity
  • COUNTIFS function, Excel
  • Cox-Ingersoll-Ross models
  • creativity, risk identification
  • credibility of models
  • cross-calibration
  • cross-functional activities
  • cumulative curves
    • compound distributions
    • continuous processes
    • definition
  • cumulative distributions
    • gamma distributions
    • Weibull distributions
  • cumulative functions
    • exponential distributions
    • extreme value distributions
    • geometric distributions
    • integer uniform distributions
    • log-logistic distributions
    • logistic distributions
    • Pareto distributions
    • Poisson distributions
    • Weibull distributions
  • Data Filter clearing
  • data storage
    • @RISK
    • Excel/VBA
  • data-driven approaches, distribution selection
  • data-structure-driven dependence
  • DataTables
    • Choose function
    • macro functions
    • scenario analysis
    • sensitivity analysis
    • simulation methods
  • decision-making
    • biases
    • cognitive biases
    • formalised risk assessment
    • general challenges
    • integration
    • model planning considerations
    • motivational/political biases
    • optimisation
    • outcome ranges
    • project management
    • quantification
    • rational versus intuitive approaches
    • risk tolerances
    • shared accountability
    • structural biases
    • target setting
    • versus uncertainties
  • decision risks
    • prioritisation
    • versus business risks
    • versus variability
  • decision trees
    • with future uncertainty
    • principles
    • real options
  • DecisionTools suite
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill
  • Define Distribution, @RISK
  • defining outputs, Excel/VBA
  • delays, risk modelling
  • deletion, DataTables with macros
  • density curves
    • compound distributions
    • continuous processes
    • definition
  • density functions
    • exponential distributions
    • extreme value distributions
    • geometric distributions
    • integer uniform distributions
    • log logistic distributions
    • logistic distributions
    • negative binomial distributions
    • Pareto distributions
    • Poisson distributions
    • Weibull distributions
  • dependencies
    • category-driven variability
    • common drivers of variability
    • continuous
    • core design principles
    • correlation coefficients
    • correlation matrices
    • creation in @RISK
    • fade formulae
    • full models
    • input effects
    • joint occurrence
    • measurement
    • modelling
    • non-linear simulation
    • parameter-driven
    • partial aggregation by category
    • Pearson Rank correlation
    • real options
    • risk registers
    • sampling-driven
    • scatter plots
    • scenario-driven variability
    • simultaneous occurrences
    • Spearman rank correlation
    • time series
    • tornado diagrams
    • uncertainty modelling
  • derivatives
  • descending percentiles
  • development, business strategy
  • direct formula links
  • disadvantages
    • correlated sampling
    • parameter-dependencies
    • resampling methods
  • disciplines, risk identification
  • discrete distributions
    • Bernoulli
    • binomial
    • general
    • geometric distributions
    • hypergeometric
    • measures of the central point
    • negative binomial
    • Poisson
  • discrete processes, definition
  • distribution fitting, @RISK
  • distributions, see also statistical distributions
  • diversification, risk assessment
  • doing one's job
  • “don't worry, be happy”
  • double-counting, risk registers
  • drivers of variability
  • dynamic formulae creation
  • economic evaluation, tolerances
  • economics
    • averages
    • base commodity pricing risk
    • value-at-risk
  • effective project management
  • Elliptical copulas
  • embedded procedures, existing models
  • energy production, full risk models
  • energy provisioning, full risk models
  • enhanced decision-making
  • enhanced sensitivity analysis
  • enterprise-wide risk management
  • error, iterations
  • escalation of issues
  • Euler's constant
  • European options trading
  • evaluation, commonalities
  • event risks
  • Evolver software
  • exact solutions, combination with simulation methods
  • Excel
    • add-in creation
    • analysis sheets
    • @RISK integration
    • averages
    • backwards calculations
    • Bernoulli distributions
    • beta distributions
    • binomial distributions
    • Cholesky factorisation
    • Choose function, scenario-driven variability
    • clearing Data Filters
    • clearing previous results
    • confidence intervals
    • continuous distribution approximations
    • correlated sampling
    • DataTables
    • easily created inverse functions
    • exponential distributions
    • extreme value distributions
    • gamma distributions
    • GoalSeek
    • hypergeometric distributions
    • impact aggregation
    • inserting VBA code modules
    • inverse functions
    • iterative calculations
    • kurtosis
    • lognormal distributions
    • lookup tables, sample creation
    • Mode functions
    • negative binomial distributions
    • normal distributions
    • optimisation modelling
    • output links sheets
    • percentiles
    • Poisson distributions
    • RANDBETWEEN
    • random value usage
    • RANK function
    • recording macros
    • results sheets
    • sample creation
      • comparison with @RISK
      • inverse functions provided
      • lookup tables
      • search methods
      • VBA code
    • scenario analysis
    • search methods for sample creation
    • sensitivity analysis
    • simulation modelling
      • basic results analysis
      • core capability generalisation
      • core steps
      • examples
      • layout optimisation
      • multiple output storing
      • multiple simulations
      • random number sequences
      • running
      • structure optimisation
      • user input at run time
    • Solver
    • specific numerical techniques for iterative methods
    • standard deviation
    • time series correlation
    • user-defined functions
    • What-If analysis
    • see also Visual Basic
  • excess contingencies
  • exclusion criteria
  • existing models
    • clearing Data Filters
    • embedded procedures
    • GoalSeek and Solver
    • manual processes
    • restructuring
    • risk identification and mapping
    • working with
  • expectation management
  • expected tail losses
  • expected values
  • experience, complexity
  • expert input
  • explicit risk modelling
  • explicit time axes
  • exponential distributions
  • extreme value distributions
  • F-distributions
  • final results presentation
  • financial crisis, 2008
  • financial modelling, value-at-risk
  • first-order autoregressive models
  • fitting, distributions/time series, @RISK
  • fixing the seed, @RISK
  • flexibility of formulae
  • forecasting
  • formal risk assessment
    • benefits
    • key drivers
    • objectives and uses
  • frameworks
    • distribution selection
      • data-driven
      • industry standards
      • pragmatic approaches
      • scientific and conceptual
  • framing biases
  • Frank copulas
  • freezing, distribution samples, Excel/VBA
  • frequency distributions, as outputs
  • FREQUENCY function, Excel
  • frequency-of-occurrence
  • fuel sources, full risk models
  • full risk models
    • alignment with risk assessment
    • assessment and quantification
    • base case model integration
    • benefits
    • bias reduction
    • communication and group work
    • correlations, common causalities and partial dependencies
    • decision-support benefits
    • differences to aggregate risk registers
    • enhanced decision-making benefits
    • event risks
    • key characteristics
    • multi-variable trade-offs
    • non-linear simulation
    • operational flexibility
    • percentile mapping
    • real options
    • risk mitigation/response integration
    • sensitivity approaches
    • simultaneous occurrences
  • full stop, Visual Basic syntax
  • gamma distributions
  • “garbage in, garbage out”
  • gating systems
  • Gaussian (normal) copula
  • GBM see geometric Brownian motion
  • general discrete distributions
  • general risk assessment, objectives and uses
  • generation of reports, @RISK macros
  • geometric Brownian motion (GBM)
  • geometric distributions
  • global switches
  • Goal Seek, @RISK
  • GoalSeek, Excel
  • government guarantees
  • graphs
    • @RISK
    • Excel and Visual Basic simulation
    • scatter plots
    • tornados
  • group think, biases
  • group work facilitation
  • Gumbel copulas
  • high intensity Poisson processes
  • high risk/high return projects
  • Huang-Litzenberger formulae
  • hypergeometric distributions
  • icons, @RISK
  • “ignorance is bliss”
  • impacts
    • fade formulae
    • non-symmetry
    • risk registers
  • implementation constraint optimisation
  • implied correlations
  • improving speed
    • @RISK simulations
    • Excel/VBA simulation
  • incentives
  • inclusion criteria, risk prioritisation
  • incompleteness, biases
  • indentations, Visual Basic code
  • independent processes, measures of the central point
  • individual projects, portfolio optimisation
  • industry standards, distribution selection
  • influence
  • informal approaches
  • information gathering
  • inputs
    • @RISK
    • combinatorial effects
    • dependency effects
    • role of distributions
  • Insert icon, @RISK
  • insufficient contingencies
  • integer uniform distributions
  • integrated (co-directional) processes, modelling
  • integration with decision-making
  • interim results presentation
  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • intuitive approaches
  • inverse functions
    • easily created in Excel
    • Excel provided
    • lookup tables in Excel
    • percentiles
    • readily available
    • search methods in Excel
    • standard normal distribution
    • user-defined
  • inverse square root law
  • investment portfolio optimisation
  • ISO see International Organization for Standardization
  • issue escalation
  • iterations
    • @RISK
    • error minimisation
    • Excel
    • loops in Excel/VBA
    • Newton-Raphson method
    • risk assessment
  • Iterations icon, @RISK
  • joint occurrence, measurement
  • Kendall tau coefficients
  • key drivers for formalised risk assessment
  • key objectives of risk mapping
  • key stages of risk assessment
  • Kübler–Ross model
  • kurtosis
  • LARGE function, Excel
  • Latin Hypercube sampling
  • layout optimisation, Excel/VBA
  • likelihood
    • average values
    • base case achievement
    • risk prioritisation
    • risk registers
  • line breaks, Visual Basic code
  • linear models, mean averages
  • log-logistic distributions
  • logistic distributions
  • lognormal distributions
  • lookup tables, inversions
  • loop creation, Visual Basic
  • loss of capacity
  • low intensity Poisson processes
  • macro risks, prioritisation
  • macros
    • @RISK
      • report generation
      • sampling analysis
    • Excel/VBA
      • DataTables
      • model switches
      • recording
      • repeated runs/storage
  • management
    • culture and processes
    • expectations
    • risk culture
    • risk mitigation
    • risk tolerances
  • manual processes, existing models
  • market pricing
    • energy production
    • manufactured products
  • market share
  • Markov chains
  • mature projects
  • MAX function, Excel
  • mean
  • mean-reversion models
  • measurement of dependencies
  • measures of the central point
    • comparisons
    • median
    • mode
  • measures of ranges
  • median
  • minimisation of error, iterations
  • mixed portfolio optimisation
  • mixed use facilities
  • MMULT function, Excel
  • mode/modal values
  • model analysis
  • Model Window icon, @RISK
  • modelling
    • autoregressive
    • category risk drivers
    • Cholesky factorisation
    • co-directional processes
    • common risk drivers
    • copulas
    • core design principles
      • aggregation
      • alignment with assessment criteria
      • category-driven variability
      • decision effects versus uncertainties
      • delays/time shifting
      • dependencies
      • dynamic formulae creation
      • enhanced sensitivity processes
      • existing models
      • fade formulae
      • planning and communication
      • scenario-driven variability
      • sensitivity-driven thinking
      • simplicity
      • switches
      • visual display methods
    • correlated sampling
    • data-structure-driven dependence
    • dependencies
      • conditional probabilities
      • parameters
      • sampling
      • time series
    • differences to static approaches
    • forecasting
    • geometric Brownian motion
    • implied correlations
    • Markov chains
    • mean-reversion
    • moving averages
    • optimisation analysis
    • parameter dependencies
    • random state switching
    • reasons
    • resampling
    • sampling dependencies
    • similarities to static approaches
    • time series dependencies
    • see also simulation
  • modularisation of code, Visual Basic
  • monitoring, Excel and Visual Basic simulation
  • Monte Carlo sampling, @RISK
  • motivational biases
  • moving average models
  • multi-variable trade-offs
  • multiple risks, cross-calibration
  • multiple simulations
    • @RISK
    • Excel/VBA
  • multiple switches
  • multiplication, static values
  • multiplicative processes
    • lognormal distributions
    • non-symmetry
    • skewness
  • named ranges, Excel/VBA
  • negative binomial distributions
  • Newton-Raphson method
  • non-intuitive outcomes, lognormal distributions
  • non-linear processes, non-symmetry
  • non-linear simulation
  • non-occurrence
  • non-symmetry
    • distributions
    • effects
    • input distributions
    • measures of the central point
    • skewness
    • sources
    • uncertainties
  • normal distributions
  • number of iterations
  • numerical integration by simulation
  • numerical techniques, Excel
  • objectives
    • of risk assessment
    • setting
  • occurrence probabilities, cross-calibration
  • oil prices, versus rig costs
  • Olympic games, 2012
  • operational flexibility, full risk models
  • optimisation
    • analytic methods
    • @RISK
    • backward calculations
    • business portfolios
    • categories of situations
    • closed-form solutions
    • decision-making
    • Evolver function
    • implementation constraints
    • layout and structure of Excel/VBA simulations
    • modelling aspects
    • portfolio mapping
    • in the presence of risk and uncertainty
    • resource deployment
    • simulation methods
    • Solver function
    • speed of simulation
      • @RISK
      • Excel/VBA
    • uncertainty versus choice
    • uses of simulation
  • optimism
    • bias
    • percentile mapping
  • option trading
  • organisational challenges
    • aligning assessment and modelling
    • bottom-up versus top-down change
    • change management
    • complacency
    • contingency budget ownership
    • decision-making integration
    • enterprise-wide risk management
    • escalation of issues
    • incentive systems
    • management processes and culture
    • previous bad experiences
    • proving value
    • risk culture
    • shared accountability
    • standardisation
    • working effectively
  • organisational complexity
  • organisational effectiveness, risk assessment
  • Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (Vasicek) models
  • outcome-based incentives
  • output links sheets, Excel/VBA
  • outputs
    • data storage
    • defining in Excel/VBA
    • distributions
    • see also graphs; results; visual representation
  • overconfidence
  • overrunning projects
  • oversimplification
  • ownership, contingency budgets
  • parameter dependencies
    • category-dependent
    • contextual risks
    • continuous dependencies
    • definition
    • implied correlations
    • modelling
      • base commodity pricing
      • category risk drivers
      • common risk drivers
      • competitors/market share
      • conditional probabilities
      • data-structure-driven
      • derivative pricing
      • oil pricing and rig costs
      • phased projects
      • resampling
    • scenario dependence
    • versus correlated sampling
  • parameter matching
  • Pareto distributions
  • partial aggregation
  • partial dependencies
  • partial periods, time shifting
  • participant expectations, management
  • pattern recognition
  • Pearson rank correlation
  • percentiles
    • ascending/descending
    • concepts
    • distribution selection
    • Excel/VBA simulations
    • inversions
    • mapping base case achievement
    • random sampling
  • PERT distributions
  • pessimism, percentile mapping
  • phased projects
  • planning, risk model design
  • Poisson distributions
  • political biases
  • poor decisions, accountability
  • portfolios
    • evaluation of commonalities
    • mapping
    • optimisation
    • phase completion risks
    • sensitivity analysis
  • positively skewed distributions
  • PrecisionTree software
  • previous result clearing, Excel/VBA
  • pricing
    • base commodities
    • derivatives
    • government guarantees
    • oil versus rig costs
    • trend modelling
  • probability distributions
  • probability-of-occurrence
    • cross-calibration
    • multiple risks
    • random inputs, Excel/VBA
    • risk registers with aggregation
    • risk registers without aggregation
    • timeframes
  • probability-weighted averages
  • process-driven incentives
  • product method, correlation coefficients
  • product upgrade processes
  • program evaluation and review technique (PERT) distribution
  • progress monitoring, Excel/VBA
  • project evaluation
  • project management
  • project monitoring
  • project selection
  • projects in implementation
  • qualitative approaches
  • quantification approaches
  • Quick Report function, @RISK
  • RANDBETWEEN function, Excel
  • random processes
    • lognormal distributions
    • visual representation
  • random sampling
    • @RISK
    • percentiles
    • Visual Basic
  • random state switching
  • Random/Static Recalculation, @RISK
  • ranges
    • avoiding underestimation
    • measures
    • named
  • ranges of outcomes
    • enhanced decision-making
    • value of insights
  • rank correlations
  • rational-driven approaches
  • real options
  • recalculations see iterations
  • reciprocal distributions, skewness
  • recording macros
  • reduction of biases
  • Regression Coefficients option, @RISK
  • Regression-Mapped Values, @RISK
  • reinforcing shared accountability
  • repeating simulations, @RISK
  • replacement, DataTables with macros
  • reports, generation, @RISK macros
  • resampling, parameter dependencies
  • research projects
  • reserve levels
  • resolution of conflicting views
  • resource optimisation
  • resource planning
  • responsibility, risk-response measures
  • restructuring, existing models
  • results
    • analysis, Excel/VBA
    • interpretation, process stages
    • statistical functions, @RISK
    • storage
      • @RISK
      • Excel/VBA
    • viewing, @RISK
  • results sheets, Excel/VBA
  • reward-driven approaches
  • rig rental costs and oil prices
  • risk aggregation, model design
  • risk assessment
    • alignment with modelling
    • approaches
    • authority and responsibility
    • competitive advantage and organisational effectiveness
    • complexity
    • corporate governance
    • corporate planning
    • dependencies
    • diversification
    • everyday examples
    • full risk modelling
    • identification
    • informal/intuitive approaches
    • iterations
    • key drivers
    • key stages
    • mapping
    • objectives and uses
    • portfolio optimisation
    • prioritisation
    • project management
    • quantification
    • research and information gathering
    • responses to
    • scale
    • tolerances
  • risk categories, prioritisation
  • risk culture management
  • risk distributions, comparison to base case models
  • risk exploitation
  • risk identification
    • existing model usage
    • importance of definitions
  • risk impacts
  • risk management
    • everyday examples
    • intuition
    • prominent failures
  • risk mapping
  • risk measurement
    • context-specific
    • discrete, continuous and compound processes
    • measures of the central point
    • percentiles
    • uses
    • visual representation of random processes
    • see also risk quantification
  • risk mitigation
  • risk prioritisation
  • risk profiles
  • risk quantification
    • approaches
    • full risk modelling
    • registers with aggregation
    • registers without aggregation
    • see also risk measurement
  • risk reduction
  • risk registers
    • with aggregation
    • definitions
    • dependencies
    • differing requirements
    • double-counting
    • with full risk models
    • partial impact aggregation by category
    • qualitative approaches
    • quantitative approaches
    • without aggregation
  • risk responses
    • authority
    • benefits of modelling
    • full risk models
  • risk tolerances
  • risk transfer
  • risk-driven occurrence aggregation
  • RiskBinomial function, @RISK
  • RiskCompound function, @RISK
  • RiskCorrectCorrmat function, @RISK
  • RiskMakeInput function, @RISK
  • RiskNormal function, @RISK
  • RiskOptimizer, @RISK
  • risks
    • definition
    • simultaneous occurrences
    • sizing
    • see also sources of risk
  • risks of delays
  • RiskSimtable function, @RISK
  • RiskStdDev function, @RISK
  • RiskTheo function, @RISK
  • RiskTheoMax function, @RISK
  • RiskTheoPtoX function, @RISK
  • RiskXtoP function, @RISK
  • robust decision-making
  • robust risk identification
  • rules of thumb, standard deviation
  • running simulations
    • @RISK
    • Excel/VBA
  • sales revenues
  • sampling
    • @RISK
    • comparing @RISK and Excel
    • creation from distributions
    • Excel
    • freezing, Excel/VBA
    • inverse functions in Excel
    • lookup tables in Excel
    • Newton-Raphson method
    • search methods in Excel
    • sequencing, Excel/VBA
  • sampling dependencies
    • Cholesky factorisation
    • copulas
    • correlated sampling
    • correlation matrices
    • definition
    • modelling
    • time series correlations
    • versus parameter dependencies
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002)
  • scale, risk assessment
  • scatter plots
  • scenario analysis
  • scenario dependence
  • scientific approaches to distribution selection
  • second-order autoregressive models
  • self-fulfilling rumours
  • semi-deviation
  • sense checking, @RISK models
  • sensitivity analysis
    • @RISK
    • DataTable macros
    • enhancements for risk modelling
    • full risk models
    • optimisation versus uncertainty
    • organisational challenges
    • principles
    • strategic option development
  • sequencing, distribution samples, Excel/VBA
  • sequential decisions, presentation as a set
  • setting contingencies
  • shared accountability
  • similarities between modelling and static approaches
  • simulation control, @RISK
  • simulation control sheets, Excel/VBA
  • Simulation Data icon, @RISK
  • simulation methods
    • analytic methods
    • applicability
    • @RISK
      • auditing and sense checking
      • core steps
      • distribution/time series fitting
      • fixing the seed
      • graphs
      • macros
      • multiple simulations
      • optimisation
      • results statistics
      • running simulations
      • sampling
      • simulation control
      • special applications of distributions
      • storing results
      • viewing results
    • core aspects
    • DataTables
    • diverse scenarios
    • exact solution combinations
    • Excel/VBA
      • basic results analysis
      • core capability generalisation
      • core steps
      • defining outputs
      • examples
      • layout optimisation
      • loop creation
      • multiple output storing
      • multiple simulations
      • percentile parameters
      • practical challenges
      • random number sequences
      • running
      • structure optimisation
      • user input at run time
      • user-defined distribution samples
    • GoalSeek
    • iterations needed
    • key addressable questions
    • macros for model switches
    • numerical integration
    • optimisation analysis and modelling
    • principles
    • probability distributions as inputs
    • random number usage
    • as a risk modelling tool
    • scenario analysis
    • sensitivity analysis
    • see also sampling
  • simultaneous occurrences, uncertainties and risks
  • sizing risks
  • skewness
  • slopes, scatter plots
  • small samples sizes, non-symmetry
  • Smart Sensitivity Analysis, @RISK
  • Solver function, Excel
  • sources of non-symmetry
  • sources of risk
    • dependency modelling
      • parameters/partial causality
      • sampling processes
      • time series
  • Spearman rank correlation
  • specific numerical techniques, iterative methods
  • speed improvements
    • @RISK
    • Excel/VBA
  • standard deviation
  • standard normal distribution
  • standardisation, organisational challenges
  • standardised risk definitions, prioritisation
  • Start Simulation icon, @RISK
  • static risk values, aggregation
  • static view, @RISK
  • statistical distributions
    • approximation by alternative distributions
    • Bernoulli
    • beta/beta general distributions
    • binomial
    • conceptual selection and use frameworks
    • data-driven selection and use frameworks
    • dependency measurements
    • descriptions
    • discrete, continuous and compound processes
    • exponential
    • extreme value
    • F
    • fitting, @RISK
    • gamma distributions
    • general discrete
    • geometric
    • hypergeometric
    • industry standard selection and use frameworks
    • inversions
    • log logistic
    • logistic
    • lognormal
    • mean
    • mean value comparisons
    • measures of the central point
    • median
    • mode
    • negative binomial
    • non-symmetry
    • normal distributions
    • parameter matching
    • Pareto
    • percentiles
    • periods-of-occurrence of Bernoulli processes
    • PERT distributions
    • Poisson
    • pragmatic selection and use frameworks
    • random sample creation, @RISK
    • ranges
    • risk measurement
    • sample creation
    • scientific selection and use frameworks
    • selection and use frameworks
    • semi-deviation
    • skewness
    • special applications in @RISK
    • standard deviation
    • student/t
    • tail losses
    • triangular
    • uniform continuous
    • Weibull
  • statistical distributions for periods-of-occurrence of Bernoulli processes
  • statistical measures
    • @RISK
    • correlation coefficients
    • dependency measurement
    • Excel and Visual Basic simulation
    • joint occurrence
    • kurtosis
    • mean
    • median
    • mode
    • non-symmetry
    • Pearson correlation
    • ranges
    • rank correlations
    • scatter plots
    • semi-deviation
    • skewness
    • Spearman correlation
    • standard deviation
    • tail losses
    • value-at-risk
  • storage
    • results
      • @RISK
      • Excel/VBA
  • strategic options, risk assessment
  • strategy development
  • Stress Analysis, @RISK
  • structural biases
  • structure optimisation, Excel/VBA
  • structures, risk identification
  • student (t) distributions
  • Summary Trend plots, @RISK
  • switches
    • macro control
    • model design
  • symmetric input distributions, output percentile mapping
  • syntax, Visual Basic
  • t (student) distributions
  • tail losses
  • target setting
  • tau coefficients
  • tax charge calculations
  • t-copulas
  • technical complexity
  • “the trap of the most likely”
  • third-order autoregressive models
  • time series
    • autoregressive models
    • co-directional processes
    • correlation
    • development, full models
    • fitting, @RISK
    • geometric Brownian motion
    • Markov chains
    • mean-reversion models
    • modelling dependencies
    • moving average models
    • random state switching
  • time shifting, partial periods
  • timeframes, probability of occurrence
  • timing
    • model development
    • monitoring, Excel/VBA
    • risks of delays
  • tolerances
  • top-down versus bottom-up implementation
  • tornado graphs
  • traditional models, correlations
  • transparency
  • “trap of the most likely”
  • triangular distributions
  • UK combined Code on Corporate Governance
  • unaggregated risk registers
  • uncertainty
    • competitors/market share
    • complex dependencies
    • definition
    • non-symmetry
    • simultaneous occurrences
    • versus decision effects
  • uniform continuous distributions
  • uniform continuous ranges, Excel/VBA
  • user input at run time, Excel and Visual Basic simulation
  • user-defined correlated probability samples, Visual Basic
  • user-defined distribution samples, Visual Basic
  • user-defined inverse functions, Visual Basic
  • user-defined probability samples, Visual Basic
  • uses of risk assessment
  • uses of simulation methods
  • utilising existing models
  • validity, correlation matrices
  • valuation of derivatives
  • value-at-risk (VaR)
  • variability
    • category-driven
    • definition
    • distinguishing from decision risks
    • fading impacts
    • scenario-driven
  • variance
    • extreme value distributions
    • standard deviation
  • Vasicek (Ornstein-Uhlenbeck) models
  • VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) see Visual Basic
  • VBE (Visual Basic Editor) see Visual Basic
  • viewing results, @RISK
  • Visual Basic
    • adding comments
    • analysis sheets
    • array function creation
    • assigning values into Excel
    • automatic clearing of Data Filters
    • benefits
    • Bernoulli distribution sampling
    • bespoke random number algorithms
    • best practice
    • beta/beta general distribution sampling
    • binomial distribution sampling
    • Cholesky factorisation
    • clearing previous results
    • code modularisation
    • DataTable creation
    • distribution samples creation
    • editor usage
    • freezing distribution samples
    • general discrete distribution sampling
    • geometric distribution sampling
    • inserting code modules
    • inverse function creation
    • line breaks and indentations
    • lognormal distribution sampling
    • loop creation
    • normal distribution sampling
    • output links sheets
    • PERT distribution sampling
    • Poisson distribution sampling
    • random number sequence control
    • results sheets
    • semi-deviation analysis
    • sequencing distribution samples
    • simulation control sheets
    • simulation modelling
      • basic results analysis
      • core capability generalisation
      • core steps
      • examples
      • layout optimisation
      • multiple output storing
      • multiple simulations
      • percentile parameters
      • random value usage
      • running
      • structure optimisation
      • user input at run time
    • switch control macros
    • syntax
    • triangular distribution sampling
    • user-defined functions
    • Weibull distribution sampling
  • visual representation
    • @RISK
    • correlation matrices
    • Excel/VBA simulation output
    • model planning
    • random processes
    • scatter plots
    • tornado graphs
  • Weibull distributions
  • weighted averages
  • weighting factors, static values
  • What-If analysis
    • Excel
    • see also sensitivity analysis
  • working effectively with enhanced processes and procedures
  • working with existing models
  • X-Y charts
    • see also scatter plots
  • zero skew
  • “zombie projects”
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