This is a collection of papers presented at the 1985 annual meeting of
the Society for Risk Analysis. As always seems to occur at these
meetings, the discussion was lively, the sessions were filled, and
people complained about not being able to hear all the papers they
wanted to because of concurrent sessions. If ever someone is in charge
of a meeting, I wish them the good luck to have it be one for the
Society for Risk Analysis. While I was responsible for the meeting, it
could not have taken place without the efforts of the general chairman,
Alan Moshissi. The program committee was chaired by Janice Longstreth,
and included Lee Abramson and Vincent Covello. Together we assembled
disparate papers into reasonably coherent sessions, prodded authors into
getting us manuscrLpts on time, and dealt with all the last minute
changes that are required for a major meeting. The Washington chapter of
the Society for Risk Analysis hosted the meeting. Dr. Longstreth was
president of the chapter during this fateful year and deserves a great
deal of thanks for her organizational skills and efforts. Rick Cothern,
Jerry Chandler, Kathleen Knox, Sue Perlin, and Paul Price played major
roles in organ1z1ng the meeting and making it run smoothly. Special
thanks go to Richard J. Burk, Jr., Executive Secretary of the Society,
and his staff for handling the logistics.
