Exercise 12. Daily intake equation

MVEN10 Risk Assessment in Environment and Public Health

Author

Ullrika Sahlin

Exercise overview

Do individually

Background

Purpose

  • To apply interval arithmetic

  • To explore the principle of 1 dimensional Monte Carlo simulation

Content

Duration

20 minutes

Reporting

Be prepared to report back at the end of the exercise.

References

The course book

The daily dose equation

\[Dose = \frac{C \cdot IR \cdot EF}{bw}\]

Interval artithmetic

Replicate these calculations chapter 9.3.2

Monte Carlo simulation

Suggest how to set up (implement) a Monte Carlo simulation for the example provided in chapter 10.8.1.

The aim is that you should be able to do this in Excel and R.