Uncertainty in probabilistic risk assessment

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Winkler, Robert L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION GATHERING; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030283575     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(96)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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