Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in the presence of stochastic and subjective uncertainty

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 57, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 3-76

  Helton, J C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleatory uncertainty; Epistemic uncertainty; Performance assessment; Probabilisticrisk assessment; Sensitivity analysis; Stochastic uncertainty; Subjective uncertainty; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031376522     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949659708811803     Document Type: Article

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