A decision-oriented measure of uncertainty importance for use in PSA

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-27

  Pörn, Kurt ^a  

^a Pörn Consulting   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MEASUREMENTS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

IMPORTANCE MEASURE; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031122503     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(96)00136-6     Document Type: Article

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