%0 Journal Article %A Ali E. Abbas %D 2016 %J International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 116, 2016 %T Characterizing Multivariate Thresholds in Industrial Engineering %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005245 %V 116 %X This paper highlights some of the normative issues that might result by setting independent thresholds in risk analyses and particularly with safety regions. A second objective is to explain how such regions can be specified appropriately in a meaningful way. We start with a review of the importance of setting deterministic trade-offs among target requirements. We then show how to determine safety regions for risk analysis appropriately using utility functions. %P 1552 - 1556