Tail uncertainty analysis in complex systems

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 395-419

  Castillo, Enrique ^a   Solares, Cristina ^a   Gómez, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bounded variables; Fast probability integration method; Likelihood weighing; Monotonic transformation; Tail simulation; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; TAIL UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 0031270674     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-3702(97)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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