Different methods are needed to propagate ignorance and variability

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 133-144

  Ferson, Scott ^a   Ginzburg, Lev R ^b  

^a APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ERRORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IGNORANCE; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; VARIABILITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030289763     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(96)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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