Entropy-based reliability analysis for intelligent machines

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-244

  Musto, Joseph C ^a   Saridis, George N ^b  

^a Brady Corporation   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY THEORY; ROBOTICS; STATE SPACE METHODS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

ENTROPY FUNCTION; INTELLIGENT MACHINES; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0031125914     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3477.558806     Document Type: Article

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